Over the past one hundred years, only two British prime ministers, Stanley Baldwin and Harold Wilson have left Number 10 entirely voluntarily, the electorate has voted most of them out. So why do PM’s so rarely leave office on their own terms? What happens when a prime minister’s credibility becomes weakened? The Open University’s Dr. Richard Heffernan, Reader in Government, leads discussions and compares the administrational differences between presidents and prime ministers. Can an American president be forced out of power in the same way as a British prime minister?
Americans have been voting for their next president in the US elections, but how do you become US president? Dr Richard Heffernan has some advice on the mechanics of the system.
Although a US President expressing warmth for a Russian leader might be unconventional, Dr Eszter Simon believes a modicum of trust might help international relations.
Whatever your opinion of him, Donald Trump is unlike any American Preident of the modern era. Here, OU experts - and others - share their commentary on Donald Trump, and his impact on America and beyond.
Once seen as too far left to be anything other than a curiosity in the 2016 race, Bernie Sanders is now looking like a serious contender. Bob Rigg offers his personal view of the current state of the 2016 campaign.
Will his identity as an African-American prove to be the most important factor for Barack Obama's success or failure as the Democrat candidate - and how much will he gain from Oprah Winfrey's support?
There she was. The democratic candidate Hillary Clinton with tears in her eyes speaking about her ‘frustrations’ about how she keeps it all together. It was prompted by a question during an event and was featured and commented upon widely in all media.