Britain's race to choose a new prime minister makes US system look good

'The interminable US process for picking a President has its faults but as a democratic exercise it outshines the closed-door system being used in Britain to choose a new prime minister,' writes Stephen Collinson

Theresa May resigned as Conservative leader last week after an ill-starred premiership and triggered a party leadership race that will select the next resident of 10 Downing Street by late July.Boris Johnson, a flamboyant friend of Donald Trump, is favored to win the election and succeed May, who will still be prime minister until a replacement is found. Tories however have a habit of rejecting frontrunners so the former London mayor still has several hurdles to overcome.

So when Nixon himself resigned in 1974, Ford lacked that extra layer of elected legitimacy when he became president, though he had been confirmed as vice president by the House and the Senate.American elections are saturated with cash, drag on forever, foster a corrosive permanent campaign and can overemphasize the concerns of the most radical activists out of step with voters more representative of the wider national electorate.

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