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Swede

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2. It's superior, in my view (I'm Canadian) to the cumbersome US system.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:14 AM

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Question Period in Parliament, when the leader of the party HAS to stand up and answer questions. Trump would've failed in 2016 the first time he stood up.

Also the party can get rid of the leader (and therefore the Prime Minister) if they want to get rid of him.

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Will Keir Starmer be gone by Friday 13th? [View all] malaise Yesterday OP

I'm barely dimly aware of the British Parliament's traditions and methods bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

It's superior, in my view (I'm Canadian) to the cumbersome US system. Swede Yesterday #2

Thanks, so theirs is more nuanced and situational, ours is more mechanical. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3

They feared a monarchy and kinda created one with the office of the President. Swede Yesterday #4

Evolved really since about the 14th century, and you could say that it stepped forward with the women's OnDoutside Yesterday #6

As an American, I agree 100%. I remember Eugene McCarthy said a bronxiteforever Yesterday #5

Also, parliamentary systems allow for the formation of multi-party coalitions Ocelot II Yesterday #7

The BBC political correspondent was explaining it's harder for Labour to bin a leader than the Tories muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #8