Thursday, May 6, 2010
31 Days
On April 6th, 2010 the Prime Minister of Britain dissolved the governing parliament and the British people began the process of electing a new government. Today, 31 days later, it will be over. People there vote for a representative, in their district, of a party which represents a platform and manifesto. Provided there is a majority winning party, they elect the leader (the prime minister), and they will begin governing the following day. Some people there believe this all happens just a little too fast and they would prefer something like 45 days. But from where I now live in California, and I believe for most Americans this rather neat and quick process must seem like a dream come true.
(A footnote: It is quite possible that it wont be quite this simple this time and it is possible that no party (there are three main ones) will have a clear majority, meaning a coalition will have to be made or do the whole thing over.)
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