1. It is very easy to become the American President or the British Prime Minister
2. The US Constitution sets out all the laws in America.
3. According to the Constitution, there are two requirements to becoming the President: you must be born in the US, you must be a US citizen and you must have lived in America for at least fourteen years.
4. Most people wanting to be President join a political party, full of people with similar ideas about how government should work.
5. The party has to decide which person to support as President.
6. The road to becoming the next UK Prime Minister is the same as becoming a President
7. You’ve got to be 28 years old if you want to be an MP – a Member of Parliament.
8. You need to be a citizen of either Britain, Ireland or one of the Commonwealth countries.
9. You need to be born in Great Britain.
10. Many MPs throughout history were born in other countries and came to Britain later on, including from the USA.
