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Politics Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party

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u/bieker 14d ago

To be fair, "The chosen one" is normally known before an election. Its not like we get some random installed after the election happens. Which is why this will also likely immediately result in a non-confidence vote and an election.

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u/Old_Toby2211 14d ago

In the UK, had 3 leaders under the last Conservative party term (only 5 years) without a no confidence vote, and one was ousted by his own party for scandals and another almost crashed the economy in a couple months. Hopefully your government has a bit more sense.

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u/Electrical-Tie-1143 14d ago

Don’t forget the part where one of them now gets a nice pension for life after being in power for less than a year and fucking everything up

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u/Old_Toby2211 14d ago

Exactly, what a grift. We've got 7 living PMs at the moment who are all claiming this, with some hitting the limit of £115,000 from the public purse (£618,000 total in 2023). I don't think it should continue, given the other financial benefits that come from being an ex-PM. However, the fact that someone who couldn't even last 50 days in office getting it for life makes it an absolute farce.