Due to the increasing presidential style of recent prime ministers and the party loyalty of the executive one can consider Parliament’s control of executive power minimal. However, due to the development of independent bodies surrounding Select Committees and the delaying of legislation by the House of Lords it can still be argued to be effective. The government usually has an overall majority. This is due to our voting system of FPTP which gives preference to the two main parties, normally giving them majorities (and increasingly large ones) as opposed to coalitions and minority governments which are produced through other voting systems such as AV in Scotland and Wales. Although we are currently in a coalition the government still has a majority through the combination of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
Nick Wright U.S. History Ms. Wilkinson May 6, 2011 The Powers of the Federal Government One issue in politics is the amount of power that the federal government should be allowed to have. One side believes that the government should be there, helping us, but we shouldn’t be able to notice their presence. The other side believes that the government should actively participate in the everyday lives of citizens. In the United States today, the power of our government tends to lean towards the former of the two. We know that the government is there, protecting us, providing for us, and ensuring that our lives are good.
Democratic leadership involves the leader encouraging the team members to become a part of the decision which is the opposite of Authoritarian leadership. Democratic leadership still means that the leader maintains control of the group of the final decision but the team still have the chance to voice their own opinions. This encourages a sense of responsibility in the team members. It also allows the leader to become better. This style would not be used in a situation where the team may be under fire, or in danger and have to act quickly, another style would be used then but I think this leadership style is most effective in situations that involve planning out things because both the team members and the team leader are involved in the decisions which make a bigger impact on the final decision in which all the team have put in input to make the action as effective as possible.
Analyse the view that the Labour and Conservative parties are dominated by their respective leaders. In recent years there has been much debate as to whether party leaders have too much power over their parties. Many do believe that the two main party leaders in the UK do not dominate their parties as the structure of their party does not allow them to do so, but many more believe that party leaders have great authority over their parties and are fully committed to driving their parties policy with little delegation or use of their cabinet ministers. Historically the Conservative Party leader has been more powerful than the Labour Party leader. People believe this is down to the party’s history; the Labour Party originated from the trade union movement at the turn of the 20th century and originally had a chairman of the Labour MPs in the House of Commons, but no leader.
This style of leadership would be bet suited to new team members and also to existing team members that need close and continual management they require a great deal of supervision and guidance to enable us to meet SLA’s and KPI’s Although this style can be seen by some as a heavy handed, almost as a military approach to leadership, it is necessary. The individual is not placed under any pressure to get things right from the outset. They will hopefully understand that they require additional support and guidance, while they are learning a new role and are able to begin to develop a relationship with the other team members. Democratic (Participative)
Its is understood that in this scenario the voters will stay informed on the various issues and take the time to communicate with their representatives. In my opinion, elected representatives should follow the delegate model and should vote as the majority of their constituents would want them to vote. Because automaticly if somebody elected you, that means that he/she wants you to vote the way she/he wants, and not to vote the way a corporate lobbyist wants you to vote, because you are only representing your constituents. And if the elected representatives are smart and want to be reelected they should vote as a delegate model. In my opinion, elected representatives who vote as a trustee, they are mainly voting this way to satisfy a corporate lobbyist so they can get money or lucrative
c) The cabinet is made up of the senior ministers in the Government in power; most of its members are heads of government departments such as Home office, Treasury, Foreign office. The cabinet members must be members of Parliament and most are drawn from the House of Commons and are appointed by the Prime Minister. The main functions of the cabinet are to discuss and decide on major issues, receiving reports on key developments and determining government business, register and ratify decisions made elsewhere in the cabinet and settling disputes between government departments. Even though the cabinet has these key roles it could be argued that the cabinet is now more of a formality and the actual powers belong to the Prime Minister suggesting that the cabinet is to a rather large extent no longer an important body. The importance of the cabinet could begin to be question right from the selection process as the Prime Minister also known as ‘primus inter pares’ which means first among equals, selects the ministers and could be dismissed at anytime as was seen in the cabinet reshuffle under Tony Blair in 2006 which saw Charles Clarke dismissed, therefore suggesting that the cabinet ministers would show some form of loyalty to the Prime minister and could be likely to support the Prime minister in order to keep their job and could have no major impact on any policy or action.
To what extent is the Cabinet an important body? The cabinet consists of the senior ministers in the Government. Most cabinet ministers are heads of government departments such as the Treasury, Foreign Office and Home Office. Cabinet ministers must be members of Parliament and most are drawn from the House of Commons. The main functions of the Cabinet are registering and ratifying decisions taken elsewhere in the cabinet system, discussing and deciding on major issues, receiving reports on key developments and determining government business, and settling disputes between government departments.
Hamilton says that it is very rare to find a judge who is not scared of the two other branches but still supports the people and their rights so they must find a way to entice the judge from private law practice into federal law practice. Thus, they put this point into Federalist No.78 in order to entice these judges by saying that this is a lifetime position with honor and prestige. Marshall likes this idea because then the Supreme Court will be able to have justices in future generations and maintain the checks and balances in the federal branch. He also likes this idea because then the Court can do judicial review because then there will be justices to review the laws of Congress and the states as well as the actions of the President. Hamilton says that having Supreme Court justices for life is good for a variety of reasons.
This is going to require courage from the group that will be involved in making these stick and stay. Not to mention quite a long-term commitment from politicians, political leadership, public servants, society, the media academics, private sectors and also international organizations. Anyone that has an important role to play in the attempt to address everything about corruption. The first thing that we will have to obtain for our anti-Corruption strategy is leadership. It cannot just be anyone, we will need some of the highest level of officials who are willing to stay committed and are worthy, credible individuals.