When President Nixon and Spiro Agnew resigned, the United States ended up with a President and Vice-President who had been elected by Congress and not by a mandate of the people. It is therefore possible to have a change of power without an election there, which would not happen here.
Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Proceeding contribution from
Robert Syms
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 23 October 2014.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.
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Reference
586 c1071 
Session
2014-15
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2019-11-18 10:20:06 +0000
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