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The advantages of a parliamentary system
There are disadvantages to a parliamentary system, most notably the tendency to spawn multiple special-interest parties whose influence grows beyond its numbers. (Like the ultra-rich and the theocrats in this country in our system.)
However, the fact that the leader is himself or herself part of the legislature and must face withering opposition on a regular basis is a huge plus for the parliamentarians.
Can you even remotely imagine that someone so ill-informed and inarticulate as GW Bush could ever have become a prime minister in a system that subjected a potential PM to such withering assaults?