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In Australia and Britain if the PM acts this wildly, the party steps in and replaces them. They call them party room coups, and everyone gets shitty when it hap
by gonzo41 2y ago
In Australia and Britain if the PM acts this wildly, the party steps in and replaces them. They call them party room coups, and everyone gets shitty when it happens, but they protect the status quo pretty well. It happened to 4 Australian PMs in a row and everyone was generally fine with it.
- Ekaros 2y agoAlso just look at what UK went through in recent years... PM operates on allowance of their party and in coalitions the other parties. Make too big moves and they are very quickly over the board.
- mrguyorama 2y agoA lot of people are comparing this to Liz Truss but in fact it's so much worse. The fact that the party not the people put her in charge means that there was much less loss of trust when they removed her. Compared to if Liz Truss had been voted in by the public TWICE?
- pseudalopex 2y agoMany Americans thought their institutions protected the status quo pretty well. In Australia the Liberal Party in changed the rules to require a 2/3 majority to remove a PM. In America blocking Trump's tariffs or removing him would require less than 1/3 of his party to vote with the opposition. They fear voters would punish them. How many Australian politicians voted for these party room coups knowing it would end their political careers?