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What Limits Are There on The Power of The Prime Minister?
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What Limits Are There on The Power of The Prime Minister? It is now accepted that the most powerful individual in the British system of Government is the Prime Minister, currently Tony Blair. However, an argument that still exists involves the exact extent of the power exercised by the Prime Minister which is not very easy to calculate. A reason for this is that Prime Ministers, in the British system of Government do not govern alone. Many decisions are made by the cabinet (a group of ministers appointed by the Prime Minister) and most matters are discussed within the cabinet so it is possible to argue that the Prime Minister has very little individual power and that he has to share his power out. However, since the 1950's commentators have described an increase in the power of the Prime Minister, especially Crossman in 1962 (a cabinet member under Wilson) who argued that...
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