Evaluate the view that the Prime Minister is now a President in all but name
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- Evaluate the view that the Prime Minister is now a President in all but name
- Yes, a President
- erosion of cabinet government
- development of the Downing Street Machine
- media attention personalised the PM and emphasised their role in foreign affairs
- the PM is chief foreign policy maker
- Dec 2015- Cameron won a majority of 174 to launch airstrikes in Syria
- act as a head of state
- During Covid, B. Johnson gave briefings on the situation to the public
- Sunak addressed the public on the economic crisis
- "Together we can achieve incredible things"
- bypasses cabinet to introduce legislation
- use of sofa governments and bilateral meetings
- Tony Blair only met with Mo Mowlan in creating the Good Friday Agreement (1997)
- Sunak held meetings with Hunt discussing the economy in Jan 2023
- No, a Prime Minister
- The PM's reliance on the cabinet depends on political circumstances, party unity and economic competence
- President's domination doesn't rely on anything
- the power of a PM depends on a parliamentary majority
- fusion of the executive and legislature
- lack a personal mandate and hindered by political circumstances
- the parliamentary system means PMs are open to checks and challenges
- PM's foreign policy is subject to parliamentary approval
- Cameron's proposed invasion of Syria was rejected in 2013
- The PM's reliance on the cabinet depends on political circumstances, party unity and economic competence
- Yes, a President
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