PM And The Excutive Flashcards
(19 cards)
What is an example of a party losing due to the media attention surrounding their leader?
- Jeremy ‘Cor-bin’
What is an example of a minster openly defying the PM?
- Sarah Newton resigned due to disagreements over Brexit (May was PM at the time)
What is an example of declining party membership?
- 1950 was 2.8 million
- 2024 130,000
What is an exmaple of advisors for PM allowing them to become more independent of cabinet?
- Dominic Cummings under Johnson
How many PMs were there under recent Tory government?
- 5 from 2011-2024
Example of PM distancing themselves from their Cabinet?
- Blair distanced himself from old labour under guise of new labour and promoted his own personal brand through his ‘sofa government’
What is an example of 2 presidential PMs?
- Blair and Thatcher
What is an example of a non-presidential PM?
- Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves takes up most of the media attention
What is an exmaple of a minster making important decisions?
- As Home Secretary Suella Braverman made key decision regarding immigration
What is an example of minsters being useful during times of crisis?
- during covid key decision were made by an emergency committee of high level minister known as ‘the quad’
What is an exmaple of a minster making important decisions?
- As Home Secretary Suella Braverman made key decision regarding immigration
What is an example of a ministerial council?
- The National Security Council
Who left in protest and then became PM?
- Sunak and Javid resigned over Johnson leadership and Johnson resigned later that same year (2022)
What shows the PM can act without mandate form the cabinet?
- Truss’s mini-budget created by herself and Kwarteng which triggered economic turmoil
How does the UK do at emergencies compared to the rest of Europe?
- Believed UK has strong crisis management capabilities due to ‘the quad’ in COVID
- Additionally, believed Ukraine aid was handled well
What suggests UK’s policy prepare for the future?
- Net Zero and introduction of major welfare reforms such as universal credit
What suggests UK policies are implemented poorly?
- HS2 delays and cost overruns
- cannot deliver large manufactured projects effectively
What suggest the executive is not held accountable well enough?
- COVID contracts and accusations of cronyism
- Scandals such as party gate
What suggests the governemt has a track record of failures and long delays in decision making?
- NHS waiting lists remaining unresolved
