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Does Britain have a presidential or a cabinet style government? - page 3
Keywords: britain uk government presidential prime ministerial cabinet executive
By exploiit on 19/06/2010
Level: A Level (Year 12) / AS Level
Page Number: 3 of 4 pages: 1 2 3 4not discuss this issue more fully – and then, sum the action up. Whether a minister agrees or disagrees with the conclusion, he is bound to agree with the Party’s decisions in order to create a united front to the press and public. This collective responsibility has been breached, but at the risk of a minister’s position and job.
The Prime Minister has also made a very conscious move away from his involvement in Parliament. Particularly under Blair, we have witnessed the meetings of Cabinet relapse to a mere one hour slot per week, “just enough time for a coffee and to pass the ginger nuts” (Nick Cohen). This shortage of time leaves the Cabinet unable to fully discuss important issues or deliberate suitable solutions to them, and so the Prime Minister is able to conclude on subjects himself and more or less deliver an answer instead of a proposal. Also under Blair, we have seen a major decline in the time a Prime Minister spends with Parliament, and a significant reduction of the Prime Minister’s Question Time (now once-weekly), allowing ministers even less time to speak or question the Prime Minister on issues of concern, and grants him the opportunity to avoid speaking about subjects that he is choosing to play down in order to maintain popularity and support.
The overwhelming influence of the press corpse and the general media in Britain, and their relationship with the Prime Minister also has stunting effects on the Cabinet government. By quizzing the Prime Minister on governmental policies and thrusting him into the focus of the public, the British media have established him both as a figure head and as the supreme, over ruling member of government. The Prime Minister maintains a powerful role has head of foreign relations, which at current are on the increase with the importance of foreign policy, particularly with the European Union.
Crossman, like Bagehot, cites Cabinet Committees as a key point in his argument, but in a contrasting sense. Instead, Crossman believes that cabinet committees are tools used to undermine the Cabinet. Primarily, the extreme authority of the Prime Minister over these committees is a major issue. A Prime Minister decides which cabinet committees to establish, the issues that should be addressed and ignored by these committees, whether he, himself, or a senior colleague of his own preference chairs each committee, and of course these powers ultimately lead to
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