<![CDATA[Wow, this chart is wild!!]]>Wow, this chart is wild!! Also, UK Ministers are dropping like flies, which means Starmer is going to be gone soon.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1e2n923v1lt

What is it that people say about Proportional Representation creating unstable governments?

Meanwhile, the birthplace of First Past the Post, Tory/Whig, Red/Blue, two-party Parliamentary systems has been flip flopping more and more over the past 40 years.

Here is a quick mirror in Canadian (elected PMs) starting with P. Trudeau in 1968. My quick brain-calculated time periods may not be perfect.

We have not seen the same change to shorter terms, I believe because there has been a concerted effort since Pierre Trudeau and likely before him to diminish the role and power of individual MPs and concentrate power in the PMO.

The only serious push against that, I think, has been CPC MP Michael Chong's Reform Act which gave the ability for MPs to replace the leader, and J Trudeau's unilateral expelling of Senators from the Liberal Caucus which has caused that chamber to become nearly completely made up of "independent groupings”.

1968 - PET1: 11yrs 4mo
1979 Joe Clark: <1yr
1980 PET2: 4yr 4mo
1984 Brian Mulroney: 8yr 10mo
1993 Jean Chretien: 9yr 11mo
2003 Paul Martin: 2yr 2mo
2006 Stephen Harper: 9yr 9mo
2015 Justin Trudeau: 9yr 5mo

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Starmer meets ministers and warns any leadership challenge would 'plunge us into chaos'

Earlier, allies of Health Secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC he could launch a leadership challenge as soon as Thursday.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5015fc10-1130-4959-a856-57fda7c23dd1/wow-this-chart-is-wildRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 21:39:32 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 16:11:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Wow, this chart is wild!! on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:24:59 GMT]]>@chris You missed 1984 John Turner, 2 mo.

I think what people argue against isn't so much PR but minority governments and weak coalitions. For the record, I don't side with them on that argument, but I think that's the issue - as demonstrated by what happens in a FPTP system when the government doesn't hold a majority and the opposition is gunning to force an election.

My counter-argument is that a lot of the impetus to take down a minority government in a FPTP system is the understanding that, due to FPTP, the opposition stands a solid chance at forming government. You're either government or your not, with no need to play nice with anybody else.

Also, funny enough, I've been seeing a lot of merit in 'governance by random lottery' lately. Even random chance fairs better in my head than FPTP.

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