UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in office.

Re:UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in... by cee_el123 on Thursday October 20, 2022 @10:18AM (#33275023)

Could it have anything to do with the fact that the UK is a much older democracy ? ( the first English parliament was called in 1295 )

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Re:UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in... by kibwen on Thursday October 20, 2022 @10:59AM (#33275763)

Parliament itself is that old, but it's possible to argue that the UK didn't qualify as a democracy until the Reform Acts of the 1800s (and possible to argue against it too, of course).

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Re:UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in... by lostlogin on Thursday October 20, 2022 @11:41AM (#33276401)

Is a country a democracy if people are blocked from voting because they are female?

Obviously democracy is a sliding scale, but what was in place in the 1800s had a lot of headroom.

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