You seem to be confused. The phrase 'government official' refers to anyone acting on behalf of the government, including backbenchers. This could even include unelected aides, spokespeople or some civil servants.
You're thinking of the cabinet. You do not have to be in the cabinet to be a 'government official'.
As a fellow brit, these Americans correcting you are right.
I'm the younger end of millennial - I did watch these as a kid but I was young enough that I don't remember much. Don't remember artax.
I wanna say there was a big big chill mammal thing but when I try to remember more I just picture Oppa from Avatar
Often in lower league football (soccer?), if there's huge game (cup match against bigger opponent, playoff etc), tickets are prioritised for those who have been to more regular games. Makes sense, the more committed fans get priority and avoids scalping.
This just seems like the same thing to me
Is pepperoni and jalapeños not super common?
In the UK, that's called 'an american'
It'll be okay as long as you have that recipe again
"what is a personal pronoun"
These 100 year old Kentuckians are far too woke
I agree with your broader point about linguistics, but Chesterton's fence has never sat right with me. Consider the inverse:
This annoying and unnecessary fence is an inconvenience, but since nobody can remember what it's for, we dare not remove it
Smoke some cigarettes. The smoke will suffocate the bacteria in your stomach.
Just in case you're not joking, that's the point of this meme. That the big reveal and emotional moment at the end of the film has been misunderstood and reduced to a plot hole
I hate everyone on lemmy but at least I'm hating people
That is a very specific usage: 'The Government' as a proposer of law, Parliament as approvers. Outside of a PPE course it isn't how the term is used and I think you know this.
In day to day use the government (small g) can be talked about as comprising anyone involved in governance, from the PM down to local councillors, depending on context
Calling people out on this based on a technicality is like correcting people when they say 'speed' instead of 'velocity', and it's super irrelevant in a thread about MPs acting in a political capacity