Juggling With Eggs@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social
The UK has had 8 prime ministers in the past 20 years…
Sir Keir Starmer
Rishi Sunak
Liz Truss
Boris Johnson
Theresa May
David Cameron
Gordon Brown
Tony Blair
Does it seem odd that elections are typically every 4/5 years…and yet the average term length for a PM during this time works out as 2.5 years.
Is that strong and stable government?
Is it representative government when parties pick their leaders…so leading parties pick the PM midterm and the electorate is left locked out?
#UKpol
David Njoku@davidnjoku@mastodon.world
@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social Isn't the argument that under our parliamentary system we're governed by a party and not a person )as with a presidential system)? And that's why the ruling party gets to choose their leader without needing to call a general election.
While I agree that FPTP has huge flaws, I also think that the cult of personality around the PM is a problem. They're not the president, they're just the MP from Islington.