Prime minister has become a president in all but name

the erosion of cabinet government

the rise of unelected advisors such as spads. Under Johnson’s government, Dominic Cummings has a huge role in vaccination programme by taking it out of the hands of the department of health and into a separate task force

Sidelining of cabinet by prime minister ministers ie Tony Blair who engage din sofa government with Gordon brown.. ministers were not given the documents about the Iraq war it was barely discussed through meetings as a whole

Ability to sideline cabinet depends on circumstance

Recent times we see that big beasts are still being put into cabinet, but this has not subjected them to collective ministerial responsibility. Under Theresa may for example boris Johnson consistently leaking to the media and telegraph

Mays cabinet had to have both remainers and hardline brexiteers

(But may was just a weak leader unlike Blair and Thatcher)

the personalisation of prime ministers

prime ministers have sought to distance themselves from the party and become figurehead of the government which only intensifies during periods of general elections

The Brexit deal reached by Johnson’s government was shared under headline ‘Boris deal’

Tony Blair’s personal appeal such as his role in the ‘things can only get better’ advertising campaign for the Labour Party ahead of the 199 election

Constitutionally the prime minister is not a president

Due to the nature of our constitution which upholds parliamentary sovereignty, you need a majority to act as a president. Theresa may tried to actpresidentially by using article 50 but the Supreme Court stopped her because there is a fusion of powers. She’s struggled massively to get her Brexit deal passed and relied on confidence and supply agreement with the DUP. But due to nature of fptp the likelihood of a landslide majority is high anyway

Increase of a presidential role in foreign affairs

brown was widely seen on the global stage because he coordinated the G20 response to the financial crisis

Thatcher and the Falklands war, her involvement was extremely beneficial in increasing her personal popularity and most of the credit is attributed to her as would be with a president

Prime ministers cant dictate foreign policy like a president can. They need to worry about how things are domestically

Camerons inability to approve air strikes in Syria because of a defeat in teh commons whilst trump immediately recalled troops in Syria despite disagreement from his defence secretary

Brown was laughed at during PMQs for saying that he saved the world, because he had not done much domestically