How To Become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

[@ChuffedDom]

"But really it's more complicated than that" feels like Britain in a nutshell.

[@eriktcz1241]

Feels like the entire world in a nutshell

[@friendlyneighbourhoodanarc3039]

It becomes less complicated when you stop trying to make sense of anything. Britain just does stuff, dont ask why.

[@Shadowguy456234]

Allo guv'na Actually funny and slightly embarrassing note, being from the US I once had to ask a British colleague what 'chuffed' meant. And I speak 3 languages.

[@nilo70]

@@Shadowguy456234 OK , I’m an American as well. What the hell does it mean then ? Sounds sexual maybe ?

[@Yomanchamcru]

​@@nilo70 Chuffed is like stoked. Although 'chuff', the noun, sometimes has a sexual reference so you're not entirely off...

[@Yandarval]

The Nolan Principles 🤣 if only they _did_ follow these principles.

[@mattd6085]

Rules for thee but not for me

[@marchindley9856]

I burst out laughing, that list just kept going and zero of them apply to the Tories lmao

[@Frank_NStein]

They have principles?

[@danielcrafter9349]

@@Frank_NStein - of course. What @mattd6085 said.

[@BritishRepublicsn]

You follow them as a candidate, once elected they no longer apply

[@TonksMoriarty]

"You get to meet the King." That still shocks me, and he's about to be crowned!

[@dwc1964]

just don't get near him with a fountain pen

[@vulpes7079]

God Save the King ❤

[@RandomNonsense1985]

@@vulpes7079 He ain’t no human being.

[@vulpes7079]

@@RandomNonsense1985 lol

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

@@dwc1964 especially a leaky one

[@theobolt250]

Mr chairman, I nominate the right honorable J. Draper to become our next MP. (house: rerrerrerrerrer...). 😂 With the given corrections; Mr Speaker I nominate the honorable Ms. J. Draper to become our next PM. (The House: rerrerrerrerrer...).

[@Dave_Sisson]

You don't get to be called "Right Honourable" without being a cabinet minister (more or less), so you would nominate Ms. J. Draper.

[@ThePrinceofParthia]

Mr Speaker, not Mr Chairman

[@theobolt250]

@@Dave_Sisson stand corrected in both cases. Thanks, guys.

[@Matt-cz6ti]

@@Dave_Sisson Not quite right; ‘The Right Honourable’ is reserved for members of the Privy Council. This generally includes the highest members of both the government and the Opposition, and is held for life. You would also never name another MP in the House, that’s against the rules. That’s why they’re always “The Honourable Gentleman”, “the Right Honourable Lady”, “the Honourable Member for X”, “my Right Honourable friend”, or some combination

[@martas9283]

Hear hear

[@fighterguard]

It's been 7 months since your last long video! I missed this so much! I'm so happy to see this. I also love your shorts. But I like proper videos so much better. I love everything about you, honestly ❤

[@johndewitt7627]

I too missed you 🎉 thank you for wonderful posts.

[@EmmaCruises]

What a cute little frog 😂

[@EmmaCruises]

Oh my, I love him even more. 🥳

[@mrplinkett4429]

a distinguished cute little frog

[@Tsuruchi_420]

Oh, hey, important to remind everyone that the US President isn't directly elected either, if I'm not mistaken, CGP Gray has a video about it

[@Hunteriffic86]

Nobody needs to hear about the Electoral College except to know that it's stupid and needs to go away

[@bvd7517]

You are correct. The "presidential election" is actually voting for "presidential electors," who actually vote for the president. Much in the same way there are edge cases as described in this video, there is the possibility for the electors of the presidential candidate's party not to to vote for their candidate (and vice versa), but these incidents of "faithless electors" are few and far between. There is growing opposition to the electoral college as many recent elections have gone to the party who lost the popular vote by considerable margins, but it would require a constitutional amendment to change the system, and so is very unlikely to come to pass.

[@Tsuruchi_420]

​@@bvd7517faithless electors don't seem to be a problem anymore, but the electoral college is still, just like the British electoral system (not just the bit described here), highly undemocratic

[@JDraper]

Damn, you're right. Thanks for the correction

[@stancalung5186]

The german Bundeskanzler is also indirectly elected - the President proposes the candidats and the MPs (Bundestagsabgeordneten) vote. Usually they are the leaders of the major partyes, but not necessarily. Fun fact: you don´t even need to be a member of the Bundestag to be proposed as candidat :D

[@quinn1224]

so happy that there is another longer video on this channel, love your videos

[@hermi1-kenobi455]

I like how you HAVE to have half+1 of the seats. I find the tidbit where if you don’t you have to share intuitive.

[@dwc1964]

I would love to walk around London with J. Draper & a not-too-large group, listening to her talk about the history of this & that place as we walk along. That would be lovely.

[@rechitsapivo]

"How did you become a Prime Minister?" "It's complicated..."

[@krishnagopalsrivastava2084]

Very concise and clear, well done! Next up:- how to become the King?

[@MissingRaptor]

Have the correct Accident of Birth.

[@virgilxavier1]

For Most of us it involves killing a LOT of people...."for many lives do stand between the crown and home"

[@jonathanwebster7091]

Simple: be a legitimate descendant of Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and don't be a Catholic (since 2013, you can *marry* a Catholic though). Also if you're in the first six people in the line of succession, don't marry without the monarch's consent (required for those six in order to keep their place, before 2013, it was everybody in the line of succession). Note that the ban on Catholics (brought in with the 1701 Act of Settlement) doesn't bar people of any other faith, or you from marrying anyone of any other faith other than Catholicism, nor does it say you have to be a Protestant or even a member of the Church of England either (although it does say you have to "enter into communion with the Church of England" upon succeeding). Which is why you have members of several other royal families -those of Romania, Russia and Serbia/Yugoslavia, in the British line of succession that are Eastern Orthodox Christian, and are still in line. As it would be if they were Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Shintoist, or any other type of christianity-only marriage to a Catholic is banned.

[@krishnagopalsrivastava2084]

@@jonathanwebster7091 thanks for the info .

[@RandomNonsense1985]

Be descended from Woden, Cerdic, Alfred, the Normans, Plantagenets, Tudors, Stewarts, Hanovers, and Saxe-Coburg-Gothas.

[@Geyser39]

Very informative, and the artwork is delightful, thank you so much!

[@dlseller]

I can't describe how much I love all the animal illustrations.

[@chriflu]

Really enjoyed watching this! One minor clarification: Most of this is not because the UK is a monarchy, but because it is a parliamentary system - as opposed to a presidential system as in the case of the US or France. In my country of residence, Austria, the only person who can appoint a chancellor and their ministers is the (directly elected) president - whose role, apart from that, is largely ceremonial. In theory, the president could task a chancellor of their choosing with forming a government and then appoint that government. However, parliament could then immediately oust said government with a vote of no-confidence and the president would have to try again. Which is why usually two or more parties that together command a majority in parliament cut a deal to form a coalition government that is then just nodded off by the president. (That being said, there were two instances in the recent past when these powers of the president became relevant in practice: In 2017, the conservatives and the extreme right formed a government, but the president vetoed two particularly far-right ministers because in his view they would have harmed the country's reputation. The other instance was in 2019 after a number of successful no-confidence votes in parliament that resulted in a political stalemate as well as the ousting of the entire government. In this case, the president appointed a group consisting mainly of civil servants as an interim government for the time until the general elections.)

[@joshuahymel9750]

You are charming AF. Keep 'em coming Draper.

[@charlotteillustration5778]

Illustrations are perfect for this talk! Thank you.

[@noelleggett5368]

Thank you for a brilliant concise and entertaining post. I noticed you didn’t mention any IQ test or even a basic arithmetic test for UK MPs or even PMs. But based on the last few years, it seems obvious that there is none.

[@arfived4]

It would be quite tricky to put a restriction on who can be PM, as the monarch (in theory) has an absolute free choice on who they appoint to the role.

[@noelleggett5368]

@@arfived4 Hmmm…. Can we compare contemporary PMs with George III or Henry VI… or Edward VIII? Perhaps Lady Jane Grey?

[@noelleggett5368]

@@arfived4 Sometimes I wish that were true. Here in Australia, we’ve occasionally been forced to notice that our state governors and Governor-General actually have more power than the monarch (or even the US President) because the conventions that limit a viceroy’s ability to act alone (without the Executive Council) can be (and have been) simply ignored.

[@flyerfan8]

I enjoy how everything is explained in excruciating detail then the term shadow cabinet is thrown out like it’s nothing.

[@CharlesStearman]

For those who don't know, the Shadow Cabinet is made up of 'shadow' ministers from the main opposition party, who act as that party's spokespeople on particular matters, for instance the Shadow Chancellor is the opposition's spokesperson on Treasury matters.

[@holleysdotcom]

As an American from the United States, I found this incredibly interesting and informative. Thanks so much!

[@Jademalo]

It gets *really* fun when you start getting into really particular weeds of things too! My favourite is how if it ends in a hung parliament and the largest party isn't able to form a coalition to command the majority of the house, the second largest party is given the chance. This means you can become PM only coming second, potentially with only 164 seats! (164+162 vs 324) Or how in the case of Alec Douglas-Home, he was PM without a seat in either house for 20 days after renouncing his peerage but before he won the by-election. Or heck, minority governments! Who even needs a majority if you can convince enough people to not vote your government out? Great video, I love the visuals! And I'm glad the frog realised his dreams of becoming prime minister

[@ExcretumTaurum]

Once installed as PM, your next challenge is to remain in office longer than Liz Truss.

[@alexl.1643]

Great to see that you’re uploading again!

[@AmazinglyAwkward]

Beautifully described, love watching these videos where I know the general gist but always learn something new

[@wallycola5653]

Yay she's back to longer content! Missed these videos

[@OinkBalloon]

Thanks for the guide! I'm going to try this later. Have you considered writing a wikiHow?

[@TruthTalkTarot]

LOL Don't distract her from the history videos! I'd take one per day if I could.

[@whitelotus222]

Awww just an Australian over here that has recently started seeing your content on my KZbin feed. Just watching “London 2000 years of history” on Brit Box and there you are 😮👏😃

[@truefairytale164]

We need more of these full length videos please

[@trekstortablet7711]

Thank you for the great content,your channel is essential viewing on a rainy Saturday/Monday morning along with coffee and cake.Thanks Costa👍. As a fellow user of the Rode N T 1 mic I think that you may be able to do without the pop shield at the distance you normally speak at .Its a great sensitive condenser and I only need it within a foot or so😄 .Have my own original song channel that nobody watches🙄🤔🎸 Keep doing what your doing and you will be a star very soon.T.V beckons I'm sure but it will be our loss on you tube.Thanks again .😃

[@blakeschannel1956]

Thank you for the sharing and creating great free content that explains this process! I really enjoyed this one!

[@HAWK10]

i feel lucky that your channel recommended to me... i think you will add more knowledge to me about 🇬🇧

[@_reuben.biju_]

I have my A-Level exam tomorrow, why am I watching this now? 😭

[@JustAPencil_]

Ok but can we talk about this editing? Those visuals are so good

[@gulzarrai43]

MASTERPIECE OF A PRESENTATION ... Thanks ... 👌👍✔️

[@mlssnewman]

I didn't realize that the "What to Do in London" playlist had ended and was extremely confused when this video started.

[@norre_]

Holy shit she is back

[@thekitchencounterauthor]

On these criteria, I am a mouth-droppingly amazed that some of our members of parliament qualify to be party members, let alone be elected to the post. As it's been said* about America, ”politics isn't broken, it's fixed". I think it was Geoffrey Pyke** who decided that what Britain REALLY needed was Better People; a bit of a pity that we'd have to get current people to agree to replace themselves with said Better People. Bah. I'm off to bed with Aldous Huxley and a mug of cocoa. *Katherine Gehl. TED Talk **Another story. Pykrete, the concept ship Habakku and the idea of iceberg aircraft carriers. Fascinating.

[@status_quo_post]

Such a fancy frog. He truly is a hansome fellow.

[@DusyantS]

In India just name changes but procedure is roughly same, house of commons changes into parliament and King/queen into president, all though our president surly have less powers(usually) than monarchy of UK.

[@albertgreene313]

Wait... The U.K. does not have a formal constitution? That's wild. If it comes up as a subject of interest for you, I'd love to know more about the history of labor, as in unions, strikes, organization etc.

[@Poliss95]

Thank goodness we don't have a written constitution.

[@thysonsacclaim]

@@Poliss95 Well except you do in principle.

[@Poliss95]

@@thysonsacclaim Nothing is binding. The unwritten constitution can be 'rewritten' to keep up with the times. We're not stuck in 1791 unlike a certain country I could mention.

[@albertgreene313]

@@Poliss95 you can say The US. It is more interesting to me as an idea, as legal and civic convention for the last 90 odd years has been founding the nation state in a constitutional document. That the UK, being The UK, site of several foundational documents of statecraft does not have one surprises me.

[@RaymondHng]

@@albertgreene313 The United States is a federation while the United Kingdom is a devolved government within a unitary state. Furthermore, the UK has Parliamentary Sovereignty which holds that the legislative is supreme over the executive and judicial branches. Parliament can change or repeal Acts which make up the uncodified constitution. The judicial branch does not have the power to strike down any primary legislation passed by the legislative branch. The United States, however, has Separation of Powers where the executive, legislative, and judicial branches are co-equal and the Constitution is supreme. The judicial branch has the power to strike down laws passed by the legislative branch that it rules is unconstitutional. The three separate branches alone cannot amend the U.S. Constitution. Amendments can only be made by two-thirds majority vote of both chambers of Congress plus ratification by three-fourths (38) of the state legislatures.

[@SubjectiveFunny]

This is exactly what needed, thank you.

[@Wilbehr]

I love the little froggy fellow 🐸

[@troppmann]

Bit of a misnomer to say that the UK doesn't have a consitution. What the UK lacks is a single document referred to as the constitution. Rather, the constitution is composed of the laws, statutes and conventions that the UK has generated throughout the centuries, from Magna Carta to the Human Rights Act.

[@juliantotriwijaya9208]

Nice, J.J. Grandvile art cameo/homage.

[@seanwebb605]

In Canada you don't have to have a formal coalition with another party to form government. There have been several minority governments. Including the last two.

[@ApparentlyNott]

I was just sitting here thinking to myself "man, I really gotta start thinking about my career..." and immediately read this title. i'll take that as a sign, thank you.

[@tigerkitten8352]

This sounds so very complicated and made my head spin! Oh my!

[@IndigoIndustrial]

Step 1: Be born into wealth. Step 2: Get educated at Eton. Step 3: Do PPE at Oxbridge (preferably Oxford - 2:1 ratio). Step 4: Do something silly so that party officials have some dirt on you (e.g. something involving a pig). Step 5: Do some busy work at a job that was organised by friends of your parents. Step 6: Become an MP. Step 7: Party officials that have dirt on you will ease your passage through the ranks so that they and their backers can siphon off funds from the public purse, because they own you. Once PM you can a) crash the economy (Truss), b) sleep-walk into Brexit (Cameron), c) everything wrong (Johnson) or d) be left holding a bucket of sh!t (Sunak). With any luck, this will be the last Conservative government in UK history.

[@OneMartinAmongMany]

Plus the monarchy and lack of constitution is kind of a yikes. Really should get rid.

[@legateelizabeth]

Considering they’ve been in charge for a majority of the last 300 years, I… doubt they’re going to go away before the nation itself does.

[@brianj436]

This is more accurate then anything in this video

[@tra779]

It made me stupidly happy to see my hometown on that old map. Market Drayton or "Draton" doesn't get much attention!

[@vickiewallace415]

Thank you so so much for ALL of your content!!!!

[@CazTanto]

If you haven't already, would love to see you do a Vid in this style covering the state opening of Parliament and the role the crown jewels play.

[@Oziji]

Chanticleer of the Exchequer!

[@tsgumi]

honestly i feel like the rate we've been getting through priministers if you just turned up at 10 downing street and say HELLO I'D LIKE TO BE PRIMINISTER there's a good chance they'll probably say well come right in!

[@Rosarium2007]

2:55 What flashes very quickly on the screen is the text "56 countries now - welcome Togo and Gabon!"

[@RezaXGWB]

I like the animals sketch representing the people. It's like Bojack but Victorian era

[@timdurham2080]

Have you been advising a younger Rishi? This video is so accurate of his rise to power!!! Love the graphics!!!!!

[@ondank]

Fun fact about the silly UK constitution. Erskine May's "Parliamentary Practice" is a book which describes the unwritten rules of the UK constitution. It is from 1844. It is now essentially just considered part of the constitution ... because how else are we meant to decide how things work if we don't bloody write them down. Also I laughed at tooting being silly enough to be last on the list of constituency names. Having lived near tooting for the vast majority of my life it doesn't seem that silly to me. But it is. It really is.

[@acecat2798]

Petition to have all politics explained with Wind in the Willows-style illustrations animated in the style of a puppet show.

[@mondaynightballroom20]

Man do I love that bird monarch

[@spindlecitysister]

The president isn’t directly elected in the US either. We have the electoral college. And while US rules are considerably less baroque, let’s face it, our systems were instituted by propertied classes to ensure that “those who own the country ought to govern it.” (John Jay, American statesman)

[@samwhitbread234]

You did a whole video on how to become PM without making a obvious jab at ether party. I am honestly impressed.

[@kylecarter5802]

Going to Eton helps too.

[@helvidiuspriscus9888]

Those animals are so adorable❤

[@kkupsky6321]

Parliament will all be these illustrations to me now…

[@pacificostudios]

"Sean, the Teenaged Prime Minister" might be a clever BBC comedy series.

[@paulkinzer7661]

The Algorithm put you in my recommendations a couple of weeks ago, and I'm so glad it did! I've watched nearly all of your KZbin content now, and am really happy to see a new video from you. You're at the top of my growing list of must-watch creators. By choice, KZbin is the only social media platform I have anything to do with, though I know lots of the creators I really enjoy are all over the others. Thanks for still being here. I wish I had the funds to join your Patreon, but I simply don't. So, thanks, too, so much to those who do!

[@insomniac_at5461]

Petting Larry the cat is the best part of being PM

[@aimeemyers7194]

The other way to become PM from the backbench is if the Slitheen kills everyone else.

[@stephenpimm5940]

Speakers chair doesn't count, and Sin Fein don't take their seats, so the number needed to be a majority is smaller than stated

[@gamelandmaster3680]

2:32 More on Salisbury. He was the main reason that France and the UK didn’t go to war over the scramble of Africa in 1898. It was known as the Fashoda Incident that was caused in large part due to Kaiser Wilhelm II’s actions in modern day Sudan. So, because of Salisbury’s actions in 1898, he saved Anglo-French relations and without it, maybe the UK and Germany would mellow relations far more than they even did historically in 1912, leading to a rebalancing of alliances in Europe.

[@mierardi88]

two seconds in, I'm joining whatever party Frogman is a minister of

[@Krilium]

"To be a Tory MP, you must agree to the Nolan principles" > proceeds to list 7 qualities that barely any Tory MPs ever adhere to lmao

[@marchindley9856]

The Nolan Principles section for the Conservative party ideology had my howling. Complete, polar opposite to the Tories. Integrity and honesty, Jesus wept you can't make it up.

[@mariusth4734]

I wish I could like that video more than once.

[@jonathanwebster7091]

In theory: the monarch can choose whoever they want to be the Prime Minister. In practice, and in reality they 'choose': *Whoever is the leader of the party that has the most seats in the House of Commons. *Somebody sitting in the House of Commons. *Someone who isn't in the military, civil service or any office 'holding profit under the Crown'. *Anyone who the previous, retiring Prime Minister has 'advised' (ie, instructed) the monarch to appoint as the next Prime Minister , and who will be the person elected as the next leader of their party.

[@BurnettMary]

I just wanted to add the the other requirement not mentioned is that you must have attended Eton apparently

[@ugochukwuudeh6625]

Surprised no one has challenged how prime ministers are chosen as it isn’t written down

[@timflatus]

If you account for Sinn Fein and the speakers a de facto overall majority is 320.

[@09croix21]

Yey! Finally a new video.😊

[@blackwolf671]

Am I the only one laughing my ass off at all the Aviary Attorney characters? Cocorico as chancellor of the exchequer was pretty on point. Cant imagine Baron Rorgueil as labor though, definitely a tory.. but then, they are all french.

[@cholten99]

Very reminiscent of CPG Grey's video on how to become Pope - loved it 🙂

[@1981Marcus]

Quick addition: a coalition isn't necessary if another party with enough MPs to swing it offers "confidence and supply": that is, they won't join the government but will support you in votes of confidence, so you technically command a majority. The main reason they might do that is if they hate both main parties but consider you the lesser evil, to the point that they'd rather deny themselves power than work with you but would STILL rather have you in power than the other guys. This would make it very difficult for you to actually pass any legislation they don't agree with, unless you can get at least some members of the main opposition party to support it instead. This might actually make things more democratic - government would have to persuade a majority on every vote rather than just whipping their own MPs into line - but obviously the big parties would hate having to do that and the small parties would hate giving up the chance of going into coalition and getting Cabinet jobs, so it's not really a thing in practice.

[@kaygolob8639]

I'm just happy Mr. Frog got to live his dream!

[@phosphoros60]

The quick succession of "I run India now" to "Never Mind" emphasises really well how, even though Britain ruled India for almost a hundred years (directly), to the Monarchy, an institution that has lasted (with Interruptions/-regnum) almost a thousand, that's sort of the blink of an eye.

[@craig6066]

I for one welcome our new PM Mr Toad of toad hall!

[@dasdasdatics420]

Working or conspiring with a Political Party is also illegal as every MP is supposed to operate as an individual entity sworn by oath not to become subservient to another entity other than the monarchy. It means that the Idea of a party's Whip is actually illegal

[@jacobpottage6938]

Where did you get all of the animal drawings? (Edited.)

[@Matt_The_Hugenot]

I can't help but feel Toad would be better than certain PMs we've had 😂

[@ghostcookie21]

I think the toad would be the best pm we’ve had in a long while

[@yuki-sakurakawa]

🥬

[@notilhenger]

@JDraper Surely the part (@ 02:50) about being a citizen of "The Republic of Ireland" must be false, right? I can't seem to find anything about this on the internet except from The Electoral Commission (April 2017 & August 2022). But why would Rep. of Ireland be granted a seat considering they're neither part of the United Kingdom or any Commonwealth? I can only assume you meant Northern Ireland, but then again, they usually have British citizenship to begin with.

[@thamjorran2118]

Yeoo! Shout out for Upper Bann😁

[@StephanSchönlau-z7v]

Apologies if this has been asked already, but what were to happen if the party with the most seats fails to find coalition partners? This is quite common in other countries, where the two options then are essentially minority government or, more commonly, a coalition of parties excluding the one with the most seats. I'm not aware this has happened in the UK before (certainly not in recent memory) but it doesn't seem that far fetched.

[@barneylaurance1865]

That's possible in principle. Afaik there's no rule that the PM has to be from the party with the most seats, they just have to be the person with the most ability to command the confidence of the house. Minority government is possible, there have been quite a few Tory minority governments recently. A coalition of smaller parties is possible too. In the 2010 general election the Tories won the most seats, but not a majority. They ended up forming a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, but a labour-led coalition was also seen as a possibility.

[@carlzeichner8168]

That was fascinating. Could you please repeat it?

[@ucall4751]

Very informative❤

[@EM_1989]

This is so funny and so informative

[@allgomesareevil6121]

But I am most impressed by the one going OoodAaa! The speaker, keeping the grown toddler from full anarchy 😂 so the might get something maybe done that year

[@JamesPhieffer]

I believe that a party with a minority can form a government without a formal coalition. It simply comes down to the "confidence of the House". If, after an election, the current PM's party doesn't have a majority, three possibilities arise: 1. Current PM pulls together formal coalition to assure Speech from the Throne passes (establishing confidence of the House) and remains PM. 2. Opposition leader pulls together formal coalition to assure Speech from the Throne passes (establishing confidence of the House) and becomes PM. 3. If no coalition establishes majority, the largest party (by MPs elected) will be invited to form a government, and will need to work with other MPs/parties on a vote by vote basis to govern. The current PM will have the first opportunity to try to govern, though, even if they aren't the largest party post-election, as they are considered the government until they lose a vote of confidence in the House. But if they know they won't be able to pass the Speech, then they will resign, opening the door for the next largest (largest) party to try to form a government.

[@teleroel]

The Nolan principles? Never heard of them and so have all PM's I've seen come and go in the last couple of years/decades...

[@rivermacilraith5754]

Technically, 324 seats would be sufficient to govern as 4 MPs don’t vote (speaker and deputy speakers) and some parties (like Sinn Fein) don’t take their seats. So it’s possible to have a working majority without a simple majority. Also worth saying that less formal coalitions (such as confidence and supply arrangements) are more common in the UK then the full coalition of Tories and Lib Dems from 2010 - 15. A very good video nonetheless though and I particularly loved the illustrations!

[@nickex2003]

As someone who has recently seen how the labour party choose MP's, i'll tell you. First of all you have to be a councillor. Then you have to put your name forward to be the MP for an area. Then the local labour party choose a short list of 3 candidates. One must be a woman, one must be a minority and one can be "anything else". Then they vote on a winner. Basically they dont choose the best person for the job, they choose the person who "looks right" for their image.

[@lolly9804]

Almost like my country (which is a part of the commonwealth). However MMP creates a secondary voting stage, which is a race to build the biggest coalition first. That has never involved input from the public. And has resulted in things like the Green Party joining with the Nationl Party one election, because they wanted to have a turn in power for once, rather than have any sort of integrity.