BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoIt'd be nice if they had a no confidence vote in the states.message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1144arrow-down1message-squareIt'd be nice if they had a no confidence vote in the states.BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareinsomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down2·4 months ago it works about as well as a non-confidence vote That doesn’t seem true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_defeated_by_votes_of_no_confidence vs Nixon resigning so he could get pardoned (that’s it).
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoLeader resigns before the vote, next leader takes over and nothing changes no new election happens. Trick is to resign before the vote. There’s always ways out.
That doesn’t seem true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_defeated_by_votes_of_no_confidence
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Nixon resigning so he could get pardoned (that’s it).
Leader resigns before the vote, next leader takes over and nothing changes no new election happens. Trick is to resign before the vote.
There’s always ways out.