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Emrys

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9. In the UK, the unfit leader's party usually take care of it themselves, often egged on by opinion polling

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 04:12 PM

5 hrs ago

That's what happened with Boris Johnson and Liz Truss (the best most recent examples of unfitness for high office in the UK), with the eventual general election taking out Truss's Tory successor, Rishi Sunak (who wasn't up to scratch either).

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How do other democratic nations remove unfit leaders? [View all] Wicked Blue 8 hrs ago OP

In parliamentary systems they call a new election following a vote of no confidence. Ocelot II 8 hrs ago #1

Simple majority, no filibuster Fiendish Thingy 7 hrs ago #4

Truss was forced to resign as PM bcause of her RW craziness in office, but that didn't spark a general election Emrys 5 hrs ago #10

True. She saw the handwriting on the wall and didn't wait Ocelot II 5 hrs ago #11

If the current nightmare ever ends Freddie 7 hrs ago #2

Most other democracies have a parliamentary system Fiendish Thingy 7 hrs ago #3

A political party in Canada can also fire their leader. Swede 7 hrs ago #6

Simple, the people take to the streets every day raising holy hell and not just once a month. nt yaesu 7 hrs ago #5

That's what they do in Iran and Israel and Turkey.... LeftInTX 6 hrs ago #8

The NL is (I guess) parliamentary Laurelin 6 hrs ago #7

In the UK, the unfit leader's party usually take care of it themselves, often egged on by opinion polling Emrys 5 hrs ago #9

The 25th or impeachment would work just fine if the Republican party hadn't embraced authoritarian oligarchy. tanyev 4 hrs ago #12

all you need is a Constitutional Amendment WarGamer 2 hrs ago #13