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  You're the one of the few people I know that can take a simple statement like this:  "OH....a woman became premier....the first woman to be voted in in her own right....so history was made I guess ROFLMBO" and turn it into a discussion that isn't even related to the statement made!   

But then I don't know  much about your's and Bernice's government systems but I suspect most politicans are puppets to some degree (there's always a string attached yes?)

I remember when it was said that Obama was the first black president of the US someone replied that he wasn't fully black.  This of course is true but does it negate the historical significance of such a thing?  Especially since in my lifetime, blacks were hung from trees in some parts of this country, now a generation later we have a man with dark skin in the White House.  A step toward a woman president and perhaps beyond.  Something just to take note of, like a woman in the UK becoming premier. ;)