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Amusingly, I actually envy that aspect of the British system quite a bit. It feels like complete fantasy to imagine a president who has messed up and then resig
by delecti 4y ago
Amusingly, I actually envy that aspect of the British system quite a bit. It feels like complete fantasy to imagine a president who has messed up and then resigns. The idea of a president's cabinet holding them accountable seems like fantasy as well. And it's only been a week since Truss announced her resignation but there's already a new PM. Boris' own party removed him from office, meanwhile only a handful of US congresspeople have ever voted to impeach/remove a president of their own party. Our last president tried to extort another country, and staged a nearly successful self-coup, and saw the end of his term.
- mr_toad 4y agoThe Prime Minister is technically the leader of the party so more like the US Speaker of The House than the President. Technically the King as the head of State has the role of President, but of course the King is effectively a figurehead. Imagine if the House of Representatives managed to slap down the President and the Senate so hard that they never got up again, and you have what is effectively the UK system of government.