British Prime Minister Liz Truss Announces Her Resignation After Less Than Two Months in Office

 

Yikes!

Now let me just say right off the bat that I am a fan of the British Parliamentary system of government. In fact, I think that it is generally preferable to the American system of government, which has proven completely ineffective to political stalemates between the parties, and far too easily corruptible. Also, the executive has far too much power, and there is too little accountability to keep the president in check.

By contrast, Great Britain, and other countries that modeled their government systems on the British model, have to work together to build political alliances to gain power and be able to achieve the things that they set out to achieve. Their is not the level of dominance by only two major parties, which seems to mean that there is more accountability to the people that these politicians are supposed to represent. That is also true, at least in theory, here in the United States, but it does not feel very true in reality, however.

So as strange as it may seem that I am championing a British style of government on this of all days, I stand by that. In fact, since it appears that Truss was unable to actually get the country out of the rut that it finds itself in, isn't it better that she will not linger on, and continue to be a polarizing figure? We here in the United States could perhaps learn a thing or two from there.

Obviously, it is not a perfect system. Problems obviously arise, and Great Britain seems to be in a constant state of turmoil ever since Brexit. That, however, is another matter, another discussion. Ultimately, they voted in favor of Brexit, and only later discovered that there might be a price to pay for all of that. But at least they seem to have a better chance of doing that in a parliamentarian system that does not seem to rely on a "winner takes all" mentality, and where the elected leader is almost regarded as the infallible leader by supporters, as appears to be the case in the States. No wonder we are so polarizing in this country!

Liz Truss was still serve as the sitting Prime Minister for Great Britain until the Conservative Party elects a new leader. 

In any case, this is obviously big news. So I thought it would be worth sharing three related articles, including one about how the political turmoil continues despite all of the wild recent political changes in Britain. The next has to do with why Americans might want to pay more attention to the goings on in Britain. And the final link by the New York Times explores who might succeed Truss and serve as the next British Prime Minister. 

Truss quits, but UK’s political and economic turmoil persist By JILL LAWLESS 2 hours ago        

https://apnews.com/article/liz-truss-europe-economy-business-e18e6e6007c28f6e11cc1a201c545b71

INTERNATIONAL  Yes, the Liz Truss debacle matters for Americans The U.K. political drama will have ripple effects in the U.S.by RYAN HEATH  10/20/2022:

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/20/liz-truss-debacle-americans-00062864

Political Turmoil in Britain These are the likely front-runners to replace Liz Truss. Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak and Ben Wallace, all current or former Conservative cabinet members, are seen as candidates for Britain’s next prime minister.published by The New York Times, October 20, 2022:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/world/europe/replacement-liz-truss.html