Prime Minsiter
- Created by: jacksie
- Created on: 31-05-21 09:18
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- Position of prime minister too powerful
- fusion of powers
- no separation between branches
- limited check
- party whips
- carrot and sticks
- promotion
- dismissal - voting against the party line
- public bill committees
- standing order 86
- carrot and sticks
- control of timetable
- standing order 14
- COVID
- Rees-Mogg
- did not renew virtual voting
- mass proxy votes
- 18 people casting 595 votes
- mass proxy votes
- did not renew virtual voting
- Rees-Mogg
- House of Lords
- more defiant
- reduction in democratic deficit
- tax credits cuts 2015
- reduction in democratic deficit
- throughput legitmacy
- Meg Russel
- Grit in the oyster
- Meg Russel
- more defiant
- Supreme Court
- Miller v Cherry 2019
- prorogation of parliament
- Miller v Cherry 2019
- no separation between branches
- powers of patronage
- ability to reshuffle the cabinet
- remove those who views are in the minority
- Justine Greening
- secretary stae for transport
- opposed expansion of Heathrow to add a third runway
- Justine Greening
- May sacked 9 of Cameron's cabinet
- streamline cabinet
- May chaired all but one committee personally
- However
- Blair could not sack Brown
- Cameron could not sack Iain Duncan Smith
- Blair could not sack Brown
- media and personal mandate
- introduction of media
- shifted the PM to become the spokesperson for government
- increased popularity
- marginalisation of ministers
- individual mandate
- increased popularity
- shifted the PM to become the spokesperson for government
- elections
- less about the individual MP
- Question: Who is the best leader
- Tony Blair took the Cabinet Office hostage
- implementing the Delivery unit
- seek and implement his own policy ambitions
- Boris Johnson
- introducing his own working alongside Michael Barber
- need significant politcal resources
- implementing the Delivery unit
- Tony Blair took the Cabinet Office hostage
- Question: Who is the best leader
- less about the individual MP
- However,
- May was dominated by her cabinet
- Civil Servant remarked
- this government is a sieve
- Civil Servant remarked
- Major
- undermined
- 'Bastards'
- undermined
- May was dominated by her cabinet
- introduction of media
- prerogative powers
- Cameron
- 2015
- Air Drone Strikes
- without consulting parliament
- when against growing convention
- better to respond first
- without consulting parliament
- Air Drone Strikes
- 2013
- political power
- put it to a vote
- lost 285-272
- first time since Suez 1956
- lost 285-272
- put it to a vote
- political power
- 2015
- Fixed Term Parliament Act 2011
- every 5 years election
- not when best suits the prime minister
- stronger political checks
- not when best suits the prime minister
- every 5 years election
- confidence vote
- may have to maintain confidence in commons
- 1979
- James Callaghan
- Thatcher
- James Callaghan
- 1979
- may have to maintain confidence in commons
- Cameron
- bilateral meetings
- reductioin in the role of cabinet
- Blarism
- sofa government
- Blarism
- Duopoly of Cameron Osborne
- Iain Duncan Smith
- 'isolated'
- Untitled
- Iain Duncan Smith
- reductioin in the role of cabinet
- fusion of powers
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