Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
Discuss the view that modern British prime ministers are not too strong but too weak.
Member rating: No Rating | Words: 2500 | Submitted: Tue Feb 19 2008
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
Politics Discuss the view that modern British prime ministers are not too strong but too weak. The term "Prime Minister" can be compared to "primary minister" or "first minister". Because of this, the Prime Ministers of many countries are traditionally considered to be "first among equals" - they are the chairman or "head" of a Cabinet rather than holding an office that in fact he is superior to that of ministers. It is highly debatable whether this description of the Prime Minister's role is accurate, however. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has frequently been referred to as "first among equals." In the UK, the executive is the Cabinet, and during Hanoverian times a minister had the role of informing the monarch about proposed legislation in the House of Commons and other matters. In modern times, however, although the phrase is still used, it understates the powers of the Prime Minister,...
To see the full version of this document, and 143,642 others
