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Prime Ministerial Power Notes on the use of this study material Sections 1-3 make important points about the nature of UK government which bestows great power on the executive and there is an outline of the functions of the PM. This is all basic and essential material. Sections 4-7 detail evidence for and against the view that the Prime Minister has become so personally powerful that he has become a Presidential figure. The central arguments should be known with some evidence. Section 8 is a conclusion. 1. The Nature of Parliamentary Government Party Dominates o The crucial constitutional feature of contemporary Britain -is that there is no separation of powers between the executive and legislature as there is in the U.S.A. In Britain the executive (or government) consists of the leadership of the largest party in the Commons. o The dominant 'fact' of British political life is that party dominates the Commons - the...

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