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At least in my parliamentary country, a PM with an absolute majority can also block a no confidence vote, which is why only 1 of 30 such votes in the last 45 ye

At least in my parliamentary country, a PM with an absolute majority can also block a no confidence vote, which is why only 1 of 30 such votes in the last 45 years have actually passed. Is it different in other countries? > I think deep down the US feels that as well. The democracies they have created throughout the world do not mirror the US system of government. Well, that assumes those decisions are made solely with the best interests of the people in those democracies in mind.

jdsully 8y ago
Compare this with no US president ever being removed from office (although I will concede Nixon was pretty close). A no confidence vote passing once every 50 years is downright frequent in comparison.
jdietrich 8y ago
No British Prime Minister has lost a confidence motion since 1979, but I think it's worth noting that a) a PM with a majority can only block a no-confidence vote with the support of their party's MPs and b) the threat of a no-confidence motion is frequently sufficient to force a resignation. Callaghan was the last PM to lose a no-confidence vote, but that's not the full story. Major and Brown resigned after losing an election, but Thatcher, Blair and Cameron all resigned as PM. May is expected to resign before the next general election. No US president has resigned since Nixon in 1974, which suggests a marked difference in security of tenure under the different systems - we might not kick our prime minister out of office very often, but they usually leave office of their own volition.