Don’t need to. Just like ON here
Lots of coalition options if Parliament goes that way, very European. Lab/Lib/Grn most likely?
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I never thought Keir Starmer would have his fortunes intertwined with Michael Voss it‘s looking like rip off Starmer could be maybe on his way out
5 prime ministers in 10 years could be 6, welcome to broken Britain,
I have never known another country to have this many leaders in the space of a decade
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we would have went close in the rudd gillard rudd abbott turnbull years
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Within 10 years there was Gillard, Rudd, Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison. Depending on if you count return of Rudd as another, you could say between 2009-2019 Australia had 6 PMs.
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You could add Howard as the starting point.
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That also comes to six but requires the same assumption on Rudd.
Just replace Morrison (2018) with Howard (2007) and the 10 year window as 2007-2017.
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Wiki says that Italy had 7 between 2011-2021
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Anecdotally, back in the 60s and 70s, Italy could have had 7 PM’s between breakfast and dinner time.
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Actually, now I think about it, I’m curious: does Australia currently have the most living PMs (ex and current) at any point in its post Federation history? I guess by default there are more than any point in the pre-Federation history so maybe that doesn’t need to be specified. Given turnover rates in the UK, I’m wondering if the same applies there too.
To my count there are eight: Keating, Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison, Albanese.
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A common thread between the UK, the US and Australia seem to be immigration. Actually, you could throw several countries into this list - Hungary, Sweden, Netherlands to name a few. To be more precise, a fear, entwined with misunderstanding, misinformation and political opportunism of the reasons we have immigration in the first place.
People’s fear and belief that immigration has, and is, ruining their way of life, may be unfounded, but it is real. The disruptor in me wants to see MAGA, Reform and the One Nation’s of the world get their way, and people can actually see the damage their ideology can cause. Unless, of course they turn out to be right, but I seriously doubt that.
The problem the US is going to face is bringing back some sense of normality and cohesion, once MAGA is gone. The UK will be faced with the same once Reform has embittered the population. The existing political parties have all failed to explain their immigration policies and take people along with them on the journey. I don’t know what the answer/process is, but I can’t see it getting any better.
Perhaps the Yorkshiremen are right - ‘see nowt do nowt’ - this is what happens when you are not prepared for the consequences of your actions.
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Add Canada and most of Europe.
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The thing is, nobody can argue immigration doesn’t change things. Whether the good or bad outweighs the other, it’s necessary, moral, or just for business, or whether those effects are equally visible, it UNDOUBTEDLY changes things.
There will then be people who dislike changes. It’s an easy sell to them that their inherent worry is justified and that the changes are indicators of BAD THINGS happening. And since that aligns with their gut, it’s a relatively easy sell. You don’t even need any racism, although obviously that helps.
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Considering how little support Trump has lost, not just domestically but throughout the world, I find this to be rather optimistic
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If you take early 2006 to late 2012, Japan had 8 in the role, two of which were Shinzo Abe.
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It is all hotting up in Westminster. The most likely contender against Starmer has just resigned from their Ministry position - Wes Streeting. Now they are free to launch.
I was under the impression that the only difference between Streeting and Starmer was a few letters in their names. Cut from completely the same policy block. If Labour are hoping to change course, they’ll need to, y’know, actually CHANGE something…
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