06-25-2016, 12:23 PM
(06-25-2016, 12:18 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: I'm not an expert on British politics, but I believe that PM's resigning is not as rare and unusual as Presidents stepping down here (which has only happened once).
It's fairly common due to the way that Prime Ministers are not directly elected but are simply the leader of the party of Government (i.e. holds the majority in the House of Commons). Sometimes parties will replace their leaders in the hope that it will save them from a public that has grown tired of them, or sometimes simply to put a new leader in place prior to a General Election to try and maintain continuity.
