first of all, as we all know, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government…
so, in UK you don’t vote for the PM. you vote for your local representative (Member of Parliament, MP). whichever party has the most MP becomes the ruling party and forms government, and the leader of that party becomes PM. if members of that party lost confidence in their leader, they can choose a new one. so if someone wants to be the new PM, they can do that by getting enough MPs behind them.
formally the new PM must be chosen through a leadership challenge process, but if the current PM sees the writing on the wall, they might choose to just resign with some dignity intact, instead of being dragged out kicking and screaming.
I wouldn’t worry about it - it’s become a rotating door of late. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Just trying to understand how it all works in the UK. What makes him so special. Did a watery bint throw a sword at him?
first of all, as we all know, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government…
so, in UK you don’t vote for the PM. you vote for your local representative (Member of Parliament, MP). whichever party has the most MP becomes the ruling party and forms government, and the leader of that party becomes PM. if members of that party lost confidence in their leader, they can choose a new one. so if someone wants to be the new PM, they can do that by getting enough MPs behind them.
formally the new PM must be chosen through a leadership challenge process, but if the current PM sees the writing on the wall, they might choose to just resign with some dignity intact, instead of being dragged out kicking and screaming.
Think of it like the speaker of the house (assuming the one asking for clarification is American). They just have more than two parties.
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That’s the problem, I’m not sure it’s ‘worked’ in the UK for a long long loooong time…
And your suggestion of a watery bint throwing swords might be a better method of choosing a leader than any that have come about for a while now
Lots of countries have a line of succession, which kicks in both for resignations and deaths.