Question Plans Flashcards
Constitution codified
A: Flexibility-can respond to wider social pressure and crises
C: To flexible, can’t prevent ill thought out rapid change
A: USA not better as ambiguity and reinterpretation whereas UK clear statue law, increasing unofficial codified
C: These can be changes easily, not fundamental, citizens can’t learn rights easily. Whereas in US knowledge and pride
A: This is pragmatic way, can revolve, moreover is not consensus mechanism, or mandate
PM dominance over cabinet
He has much potential power over policy and decision making
- Patronage and cabinet makeup
Helps control policy, deprive power of enemies, establish authority
Power: Patronage, appointments, firing, promotions, reshuffle, judge of CMR and can change ministerial code, dissenters held back by CME
Limitations: IMR not enforceable, big beasts, factions, allies, rivals, experience diversity
- Institutions/structures/agenda
Power: Calling and chairing cabinet meetings, controlling the agenda and summing up its conclusions, informal, overall shape and structure of gov - number and functions of departments.
Establish cabinet committees, bi laterals and sofa govs. And can bypass cabinet with this. Ministers often won’t go outside remit.
Increase in personnel supporting PM- PM Office, which now includes No 10 policy unit, press office and cabinet office
Limitations: Requires cabinet support on major/controversial issues.
No formally structured PM department , other departments out shadow size of PM office
- Media, personal mandate, PMQs
This affects all the other powers
Power: Media, Embodiment of party, personal mandate, PMQs
Limitations: can swing the other way and give cabinet more power and weaken PMs position
Bad things blamed on them, can hard to deflect, anon civil service
Personality, weakness, electoral asset, majority, circumstances, party scandals
IMR and CMR importance
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