UK v USA elections

[Jonnapat]

How come the UK can have an election in 6 weeks and America it's 2 years?

[susanlea]

Fixed terms. They still use yards and miles 

[Pickwick]

24 minutes ago, susanlea said:

Fixed terms. They still use yards and miles 

The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, which only came into existence in 2011, was repealed in 2022. The new Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act affords the Prime Minister some leeway on the timing of a general election.

 

We do still use yards and miles, true. Though most Britons are at ease with both the imperial and metric systems. My elderly father, for example, would have no problem using millimetres to measure your wit.

[susanlea]

13 minutes ago, Pickwick said:

The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, which only came into existence in 2011, was repealed in 2022. The new Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act affords the Prime Minister some leeway on the timing of a general election.

 

We do still use yards and miles, true. Though most Britons are at ease with both the imperial and metric systems. My elderly father, for example, would have no problem using millimetres to measure your wit.

America has a President not a Prime Minister. Less than 1mm applies to your wit.