Compare the view that the most significant constraint upon British Prime Ministers is the power and influence of Cabinet colleagues.

... Compare the view that the most significant constraint upon British Prime Ministers is the power and influence of Cabinet colleagues. One of the most important aspects of our democracy is its pluralist nature. The concentration of power into too few hands could always be a dangerous prospect. Central government in Britain consists of a complex web of relationships between various institutions. There is little doubt that the Prime Minister is the single most powerful person in British politics. However her power isn't absolute, and there are a number of constraints upon this power. The Cabinet is arguably the most significant of these constraints. There has long been debate about the exact location of power, and more specifically whether we have a Cabinet government or Prime Ministerial government. Some commentators would argue that the power of the Prime Minister has become Presidential, even Napoleonic. Others would disregard this as a gross

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