The BBC is wrong about it being mostly ceremonial, but right that it is weaker, or much weaker, than the Prime Mister. Closer to an elected, temporary King, as in England, with limited legal power.

The threat and use of the veto is a strong conservative/ anti-change power.

Many multi-party Parliments, like Israel, require a majority to pass laws, so that a strong party has to ally with one or more weaker, minor parties in a coalition. Then, some crisis occurs, the coalition partners don’t agree on what to do, and the govt falls with unscheduled early elections. Like Slovakia.

Now that I’ve lived under both, I think the stability and predictability of the US system is better than the advantage of voting for a small party that is much closer to your ideal. The big US parties are pre-formed coalitions. So if the Black men split off from The Black voter block and vote Rep instead of Dem, it’s a bit like one coalition partner leaving the Dem govt.

Many in Slovakia think the Woke mind virus of the globalist elites of Anywhere folk who oppose borders is worse than Rusia’s aggression. The progressives are often strongly anti- Christian, tho also often not, tho most often supporting legal abortions in more cases ( later weeks). When being anti-woke is what makes one popular, what will actually be done seems far less certain.

Forget it, Jake. It’s the BBC.