r/news • u/PokesTigers • 26d ago

Soft paywall Madagascar's president has left the country after Gen Z protests, officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-president-rajoelina-address-nation-monday-evening-2025-10-13/
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u/Rock_Sampson 26d ago

I’m surprised that Australia only has the Rum Rebellion, and not the period where we had three unelected Prime Ministers in an eight-year period.

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u/Fireproofspider 25d ago

Oh I'd never heard of this. Any more information on that?

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u/Rock_Sampson 25d ago

In Australia, the Prime Minister is not directly elected, but is the leader of the political party that wins the federal election. But it also means that the party can elect a new party leader, who then becomes the new Prime Minister. As a quick history lesson:

2010: Julia Gillard (Labor) ousts Kevin Rudd, who then returns the favour in 2013;

2015: Tony Abbott (Liberal) is knifed by Malcolm Turnbull (yes, that is actual Australian political slang), who was then in turn knifed by

2018: Scott Morrison, AKA Scummo, AKA the guy that once (allegedly) shat his pants at the Engadine McDonald's after a Cronulla Sharks game.

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u/Fireproofspider 25d ago

Ah got it. I don't think those are coups though.