Talk:Head of government

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This really ought to go into an article on parliamentary systems of government

The system is marked by the following:

• The formation of a government answerable to parliament by a member (sometimes the leader) of the party or parties;

• Full answerability of that government to parliament through
  • the ability of parliament to vote no confidence;
  • the requirement that the government gain and hold Supply;
  • answerability for its actions to whichever house (almost invariably the democratically elected upper house) controls Supply

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I agree it should be in such an article, but because we are talking about a separate head of government, that requires clarifying how such a system within which a separate head of government operates, actually works. So I think this is one of the instances were duplication is necessary.

I'm going to put the bit back for that reason. I will be revisiting the article later and I may rephrase or re-contextualise the above. I certainly take your point seriously. JTD 22:35 Jan 21, 2003 (UTC)

I've rewritten bits to stress where I am talking about a parliamentary system-prime minister. I think there may be more clarity. I've bullet-pointed your opening paragraph to highlight the three distinctions; presidential, semi-presidential and parliamentary. When I get the chance I'll add in more info. Are you happy with the reshaping? JTD 23:14 Jan 21, 2003 (UTC)