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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Yeah, I think the Parlimentary comparison is spot on. Because the Speaker of the House is so fundamental to the functioning, akin to a Prime Minister, and the mechanisms are the same: the majority party needs to force their party to vote for a single person, and opposition will likely oppose, although it seems one major wrinkle is that perhaps there might be a compromise candidate, which is more common in parliamentary systems (although those tend to have more than 2 parties)
gpt
Thank you for explaining this. I guess the Speaker in the US is very different to the Speaker in the UK, who is specifically a non-partisan MP (although probably chosen from the governing party, they are not considered a party member while speaker) whose job is to make sure parliament runs smoothly and everyone gets a chance to speak.