(07 Jun 2016, 8:44 pm)Andreos1 wrote The difference being that if the PM is creating unpopular policies, he/she can still be voted out by their constituents or ousted by their MP's. Maybe even encouraged to leave by their colleagues. There are many examples of that happening over the last however many years.
Party members can have a vote to decide the leader of the party and potential PM.
We may even vote for a party based on the principles of the current leader.
I can't recall any of this ever happening with the un-elected commisioners in Brussels.
Edit: Just found this: http://www.debatingeurope.eu/focus/presi...1czanRwbqA Had no idea we could vote for the EU President in 2014.
Same as Parliament. A motion of no confidence can be put, but what's the likelihood of it being successful, with the first past the post system? Only time I recall it happening was Callaghan, and that was lost by one vote, despite it being a minority government at the time.
Party members can vote for a leader, but who elects the members of a political party? You don't - you make a choice to join, as you do with a trade union, and only then do you get an opportunity to elect the leadership.