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Originally posted by Blade
Sorry if this isn't the place for this but could someone explain this election to me? Why are so many Hillary supporters supporting the conservative party in the U.K? Why is only one of them eligible for PM but not the other party(ies)? Love American politics to a certain extent so I'm sure I'd be more interested in world politics if I was more informed.
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My guess about Hillary supporters is because the political spectrum in the UK is further left than in the US, so our Right party is similar to your Left party whilst our left party are super left socialists to you. (At least, for the ones with knowledge of politics. I'm sure there's some who are purely stanning for female government leaders.)
Our head of government isn't directly elected. We chose 650 members of parliament to represent us and they pick who they want to lead them. Currently the Conservatives have 330 of the 650 seats, so whoever they pick to be their leader is automatically also the leader of Goverment/Prime Minister.
I think there's a similar thing in the US Houses with speakers and such? They're voted in by Senators rather than by the people. Because our President is a powerless Monarch the person who has support of the most MPs is the most powerful person in Government