We have seen how in the UK there is a new Prime Minister and House of Commons the day after a (snap) general election, not two months like it is in the US, from Election day in November to Inauguration day in January. It may have been necessary in the US back in 1789 when travel was by horse, but this was true for the English parliament back then also. But the British (and other European countries) have adapted to modernity and get a new government quite quickly, but in the US we get two months of lame duck government.
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It helps that the UK Govt is almost all permanent civil service. The PM appoints maybe 80 (a guess) ministers to oversee ministries. With a few exceptions (such as the Home Secretary) the running of the country can just roll on regardless.
By contrast I get the impression the US President has to identify and appoint about 5000+ of his people including ambassadors (the UK find it really weird that lots of US ambassadors are political donors who were selling cars in Omaha the week before).
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