The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The reason I mention this is because of the complaints by some that Liz Truss has been elected leader by a small number of the population, and how our head of state has been appointed.
First of all, King Charles. We have the right to become a republic and can bring this about through democratic means. If we want no Royal Family, we can elect a government who will make our nation a republic. This has happened in many Commonwealth nations were Queen Elizabeth was head of state, examples being India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. When it comes to who appointed the King, that was the Accession Council. Put simply, if we want to be a republic, like many other nations that had our Monarch as head of state, we can become so.
Second, Liz Truss is appointed by MP's. When we vote in a general election, while many cast their vote based on the leader to the party they are voting for, they are actually voting for the MP. The MP's in Parliament decide who is to be Prime Minister, which is why they were responsible for Boris Johnson resigning, and why they have elected Liz Truss as Prime Minister. We have had the chance to change our electoral system in the past and decided against this. If we want to change this, we can, though the ballot box.
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