would anyone know how to answer this question: "To what extent do some prime ministers, more than others, exercise more power"
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I'd list the factors which determine the power of a PM in the first place, and then place them in context of past PMs as well as David Cameron.
E.g.
- Events. - Personality. - Size of the government majority. - Strength of the opposition (including the cabinet) - Support of the media. - Party unity.
Okay, so haven't read the entire chat as you guys managed do make 41 pages in 2 days! For unit 1 my predictions were mostly correct except for the horrible democracy question. I though I would therefore lol 'predict' unit 2 for you guys. Comment if you agree or disagree. I strongly think that constitution will be a 40 mark question and Parliament will be the 5,10,25. I also think that PM will be 5,10,25 and Judiciary will be the 40 marker but not as confident. Parliament - elected second chamber - backbench MPs (only came up once and that was in June 2012) - could be effectiveness (question could be: Has the UK Parliament become an irrelevant institution?) - Parliament and Executive
Prime Minister - PM and Cabinet (or cabinet just on its own) I think this is the most likely question - powerful or not - PM's powers
Judiciary - Neutrality and independence - Human Rights Act - powerful or not - British bill of rights (this has been debated most recently so could test us on this)
Constitution - codified/uncodified - strengths of constitution
what do you reckon the chance are of parliament and constitution being on the same section
what do you reckon the chance are of parliament and constitution being on the same section
Parliament and Constitution have never been on the same section, just like PM and Judiciary have never been on the same section. Would be very unlikely for edexcel to change this
Parliament and Constitution have never been on the same section, just like PM and Judiciary have never been on the same section. Would be very unlikely for edexcel to change this
how many of the unit 1 questions did you predict successfully?
GUYS how would you answer 'what affects the relationship between government and parliament??' I know party disunity is one... how weak gov leads to strong lords... WHAT ELSE? And please give an example
Parliament and Constitution have never been on the same section, just like PM and Judiciary have never been on the same section. Would be very unlikely for edexcel to change this
Predictions sound good - for constitution i'd add success of constitutional reform since 2010 something like that from coalition
GUYS how would you answer 'what affects the relationship between government and parliament??' I know party disunity is one... how weak gov leads to strong lords... WHAT ELSE? And please give an example
So size of majority, blair had a big majority 400+ mp's, he easily passed Human rights act and house of lords reform. But how did this affect his relationship with parliament apart from easier reforms?
Also, affects of coalition, how does this affect relationship? Clegg and Cameron had to share powers but what does this do in relation to parliament? I'm confused on that part :/ Thanks for your reply though, but please explain it
Failed reform that would have made better: AV & HoL Reform that didn't go far enough: Recall of MPs Successful: FTPA & EU act (to some extent) & further devolution
Failed reform that would have made better: AV & HoL Reform that didn't go far enough: Recall of MPs Successful: FTPA & EU act (to some extent) & further devolution
You know that constitution Qu it confuses me Your supposed to mention all the reforms that were made and how they were significant What do we say on the otherside of the argument?
You know that constitution Qu it confuses me Your supposed to mention all the reforms that were made and how they were significant What do we say on the otherside of the argument?
AV & HoL should have happened (thats the other side), but then you can evaluate that too.