In 1974 the Labour government had been divided but after the referendum was passed and the public elected to stay in the EEC it united the Labour government, thus, making the executive a strong one. They believe that all these prose prove that referendums are useful in the UK and should be used more widely in Great Britain However, there are many people who disagree with referendums, saying they shouldn’t be used more widely throughout the UK. Some would argue that the
With the rise in the professional politician many prefer to remain loyal in order to gain power and move up in the hierarchy as opposed to become a rebel who remains in the back benchers. This can be seen after the vote on tuition fees and the liberal democrats. Despite the fact that they had campaigned for this cause endlessly only 26 (including a few Conservatives) chose to vote against the bill. Whips play an important part in removing efficiency from Parliament. By having whips who ensure that MPs behave in accordance to the decisions of the executive both Parliaments ability to scrutinise and hold the executive to account is diminished, but also their role as representatives of their individual constituency is also compromised.
Things which convince the majority of today’s voter in the United Kingdom are not really the long-term policies of the parties, or any alignment to parties. As a mentioned before even the class system is not that important anymore, therefore it is not a main reason to vote for the party which used to be the one related to the voter’s class. It is much more likely that the voting public decides what to vote influenced by so-called short-term factors. Another term which is used is issue-voting so the electorate decides new for every single election what are now at the moment the policies I want to support. A voter could switch from voting for the Conservatives to vote for the Labour Party at the next election because they decide according to single issues.
When the Labour government implemented these laws they protected traditional parliamentary sovereignty. Unlike Germany or the USA where judges can annul legislations that are found to be in breach of the human rights act. In the UK however judges can only issue a declaration of incompatibility which sends the legislation back to parliament so that they can make changes to suit the HRA. It is difficult to declare on this subject whether or not there have been enough reforms on the Human Rights Act as through one viewpoint it is important to sometimes evade Human Rights to catch potential terrorists on the other hand millions of people have had to sacrifice their right to private life as has been found with the major scandal of NSA spying on internet records. Some people may argue that if you have nothing to hide you should not fear however people still should be able to have
However, this is not true because the Congress is both an independent and co-equal branch of Government. As David Obey said “We may belong to the same party but we are an independent branch”. Checks and balances are required to keep the government stable and avoid the President going against the wishes of the people. “I think Barack Obama is terrific. But people still need to recognise we have an institutional responsibility to do oversight on the President” Garry Bass, Congress.
Define Liberal democracy (5): Liberal democracy is where government are accountable to the people to ensure that it is acting in their general intent. Explain the main features of the UKs democratic system (10) There are many a few main features of the UKs democratic system, the first is representative democracy, as here in the UK this is a main feature as there is no widespread disillusionment with representative institutions, Party membership has declined, turnout at elections has fallen and decreasing number of citizens claim to have any close identification with a political party. Nevertheless there is a wide variety of ways in which people continue to feel represented. Firsty, each MP represents a constituency, as such they are expected to represent the interests of the constituency as a whole and their constituents individuals. Sometimes this can conflict with their party’s policy, but there are many occasions when such MPs can protect their constituents and take it up further with the party, and any other government bodies.
You can be blamed or voted out of your position, both of which ensure the removal of the leader from abusing society. Besides, most people in society do not like to be abuse of power. The term of government and of democracy are independent terms and do not, from what I can see, depend on one another. What is likely required for the masses of people, as we see in "modern" world societies, is an established system of government. Where there is a need for an established system of government, it will likely be established whether or not, it has the consent of the people.
There are other ways of running a country and one such is with Dictatorship. This is leadership by one leader or an army. There are no elections. They often rule by force and are not fair. History shows democracy as the best way to run a country as it is with the consent of the people.
The federalist created the House of Reps which was directly voted by the people. This was simply put, a way of shutting them up. The federalist also made it clear that no one branch of government would gain too much power over another with the checks and balances system, which was a good
Citizens should be encouraged to embrace their citizenship, and not merely as a duty, but as a meaningful opportunity to participate in their own government for the sake of common good and in building the culture of life. In addition, it is an exercise of significant individual power. Now, most Americans will tell you that our politicians have all the power, but I disagree. Although it is true that our politicians do make the laws, here in the United States of America, the people have the authority. If an individual does not vote, then that individual cannot argue or comment on the outcome of what our politicians do.