Prime Minister & Executive

4 Roles of the UK executive

proposin legislation, budget, foreign policy, crisis management

3 powers of uk executive

deployment of armed fores, foreign affairs, ministerial appointments

amber rudd case

2018 windrush deportation of 83, resigns as wandp minister after bj removes whip

matt hancock case

2021 health secrateary resigns

suella braverman case

resigned a home secretary under truss after email, reinstated 6 days later

priti patel case

accussed of bullying civil service, pm ignores findings

bj imr example

partygate

robert jenrick example

2023 resigned as immigration minister over sunak rwanda

angela rayner cmr example

accused of leaking dissaproval of chancellor 2025

dominic cummings case

damage to government reputation by defending johnson position on trip during lockdown

example of cabinet forcing pm resignation

johnson resigns in 2022 after over 50 ministers quit

examples why cabinets arent significant

Cummings given authority to reshape the civil service and Downing Street, including enforcing the resignation of ministers like Chancellor Sajid Javid who didnt rate him

3 thatcher policies

right to buy, privatised industries, poll tax

thatcher manigment of cabinet

1989 night of long knives, presidential, centralised

when was thatcher in power

1979-1990

theresa may when in power

16-19

what kind of conservative was may and what do they value

one nation - social cohesion, elite responsibilty

mays main failures

grenfell, meaningful brexit vote

may cabinet control

split, big beasts, within 48 hours 9 of camerons top team gone

boris johnson bypassing cabinet case strudy

800 page report baroness hallet, “destabalising influence”

3 reasons pm is powerful

media focus, spads, bypassing cabinet, crisis, perogative

4 arguements that pm is not powerful

factions, parliamentary sovereignty, coalition, electoral