Message from @EnderOctanus

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2018-11-16 13:59:13 UTC  

Okay so. Let's just say that I'm an American, and here, the media assumes that the rest of the world just doesn't exist most of the time. I look away for a few days and holy FUCK. What did the UK do?!? What's going on, everyone is freaking out.

2018-11-16 14:00:43 UTC  

I don't know much of anything about your politicians or political parties so the news feels really useless to me. Plus who would trust the BBC anyway? Only China should have a state-owned media.

2018-11-16 14:05:46 UTC  

Basically the prime minister of Britain may lose her job and the government could fall apart which could trigger an election depending how tits up it goes

2018-11-16 14:06:33 UTC  

Oh and brexit could go up in flames

2018-11-16 14:06:57 UTC  

@EnderOctanus does that answer your question?

Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville and this is. Let's have a civil war!

2018-11-16 14:07:31 UTC  

Yup

2018-11-16 14:08:43 UTC  

So. The UK finally realized why constitutions are good, huh?

2018-11-16 14:09:14 UTC  

No.... They have an unwritten constitution

2018-11-16 14:09:45 UTC  

Also the government structure is completely different to the US

2018-11-16 14:10:25 UTC  

True. But some basic guarantees in writing as contingency for literally this situation might be smart for the future.

2018-11-16 14:11:40 UTC  

Because it sounds like not only are you not going to have a working government but France is going to OWN you. Like wtf, Japan only agreed to this level of shit AFTER we nuked them. And it took two times.

2018-11-16 14:12:10 UTC  

Not me. I'm in Australia πŸ˜›

2018-11-16 14:12:18 UTC  

Oh.

2018-11-16 14:12:40 UTC  

It's because May (the prime minister) never really wanted to leave

2018-11-16 14:13:11 UTC  

That's nice. Nobody really likes getting evicted. lol

2018-11-16 14:13:25 UTC  

The biggest mistake that Britain made was not getting boris to be prime minister

2018-11-16 14:13:42 UTC  

As in May was a remainer

2018-11-16 14:14:09 UTC  

So they shot themselves in the foot

2018-11-16 14:14:42 UTC  

If her approval rating is actually at around 10% though, and the actual country is at threat of being only sort of a country half owned by the people, she should know that at the very least, she should go into hiding, right?

2018-11-16 14:15:12 UTC  

Yes. But in Britain you don't vote for the prime minister

2018-11-16 14:15:38 UTC  

You vote for the party and they vote within themselves who the leader is

2018-11-16 14:15:49 UTC  

Here, we would have actually killed that person if the system didn't fix itself fast enough I think.

2018-11-16 14:15:59 UTC  

Ahh, rule by unelected official. Sounds wonderful

2018-11-16 14:16:04 UTC  

I believe it's preferential voting

2018-11-16 14:16:17 UTC  

Well I get it. A republic.

2018-11-16 14:16:19 UTC  

They still have to be elected

2018-11-16 14:16:37 UTC  

It's indirect voting in theory.

2018-11-16 14:16:40 UTC  

The party member must be elected

2018-11-16 14:16:55 UTC  

You still hire a janitor. Doesn't mean he should be CEO

2018-11-16 14:17:02 UTC  

It's to combat cults of personality

2018-11-16 14:17:22 UTC  

Which while not ideal, once the country gets to a certain size, becomes hard to avoid.

2018-11-16 14:17:29 UTC  

True

2018-11-16 14:17:58 UTC  

The idea is the party puts out a manifesto and then everyone campaigns on that

2018-11-16 14:18:19 UTC  

It is supposed to put the focus on the issues

2018-11-16 14:18:39 UTC  

Australia has a similar system

2018-11-16 14:19:22 UTC  

I think most (informed) people realize that when they elect a president, they're electing an administration as well, with a 4 year plan

2018-11-16 14:19:25 UTC  

Then again we have had 7 prime ministers in as many years.... Soooooo

2018-11-16 14:19:36 UTC  

Doesn't always work

2018-11-16 14:20:05 UTC  

Parliamentary systems sounds like overly convulted mob rule