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The length of term between elections - as you highlight - has seemingly no correlation between quality of government even on your own apparent scale.

US: Two year election cycle
Australia: Three year election cycle
UK: Five year election cycle



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In the US you have a fixed term, but in the UK the PM can call an election. Considering he was never elected personally, Brown shows himself a wimp by trying to hang on as long as he can without the people having a say. A real man would call an election now, and go out to the country and try to convince them that he should be reelected. Mr. Brown's actions tell us a lot about the quality of his government.