::I think you've gotten a little obsessed with semantics there - appointing peers is indeed the wrong term but I think to use that to undermine the spirit of my post is a little low, no? By this logic the PM cannot appoint peers, only nominate them, etc, and while this is technically true, nobody is going to get killed if we don't stick to the correct wording 100% in an informal discussion on the Internet. Your point about the Loyal Opposition having a leader only because Ed Miliband is their leader seems somewhat circular in its logic but I accept the gist of it - the constitutional position is the Opposition as a whole, and Ed is the leader of this opposition and therefore has the official and separate title of Leader of the Opposition, yes? In terms of keeping this relevant to the article, I think the consensus (and factual accuracy) still says that Leader of the Opposition deserves its own infobox.