So you wouid prefer the American system and have a directly elected PM, How would that work? How would an MP be elected to Parliament and then elected as Prime Minister?
I wouldn't necessarily prefer it , but surely we can come up with something other than an ineffectual head of state whose only reason for getting the job is because he/she has been directly appointed by God. Personally I don't believe in God and even if I did I don't think I would think that God has ever really chosen our monarch. It's bizzare in this day and age. As is the unquestioned practice of handing state owned mansions to her family , Duchy of Cornwall , Duchy of Lancaster etc etc etc. I also think the American voting system is crazy if you can have a minority of the whole voting 1 person as President. We should have system of holding our executive to account. We could have an elected head of state that would not be forced into approving the use of the powers of the crown could be able turn down requests by the PM. Personally I would like the Billy Bragg option of having our parliament elected as it is and a PR elected upper house with teeth. I said in a previous post I think the US system is pretty poor and wouldn't like that. It's just that ours is even worse! As martinus has pointed out there are an awful lot of other systems , none are perfect, but surely we come up with something secular and better than this.