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Re:UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in... by Beltalowda on Thursday October 20, 2022 @09:12AM (#33274172)
The UK and US systems share a lot of similarities, which is not surprising considering the history, but UK politics seems better (or rather, less bad) to me? Both Boris and Truss were forced to resign by their own party, whereas the GOP's relationship with Trump is... well, different. Plus in spite of the first-past-the-post system there are actually candidates of alternative parties being voted in, even if we ignore the regional parties like SNP, DUP, etc. The Lib-Dems have a chequered history, but it's better than nothing.
Re:UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in... by rootusrootus on Thursday October 20, 2022 @11:51AM (#33276547)
> Boris and Truss were forced to resign by their own party, whereas the GOP's relationship with Trump is... well, different

Different in the sense that Trump remains extremely popular with Republican voters, independent of his actions. If Trump weren't so popular, his own party would have tossed him out long ago. They only grudgingly allowed him to become their leader in the first place because to oppose him meant almost certain defeat in their own next election.