theories of executive power

• Prime Ministerial Government

  Far more than first among equals -> Blair's sofa government, and 2021 Johnson accused of sidelining his ministers
• Cabinet government

  Cabinet as a whole decides upon and coordinates policy, PM first among equals 'primus inter pares'

  2018 - May met with her Cabinet at Chequers to discuss at length her Brexit plan, called “arenas of combat” by the government
• Core executive

  Power distrubted amongst key actors in the heart of government, including PM, cabinet, civil service, PGs etc.

  Political decision mking involved ungoing negotiation

  • 2023 - Chancellor Hunt leads the charge on reducing the cost of living crisis, alongside food companies, energy suppliers and banks.
• Presidentialism

  Growing of spatial leadership

  Evident in increasingly personalised election campaigns

  Face of foreign policy

  • Blair dominating government, face of the Iraq war
  • Johnson met with President Zelensky about Ukraine, speaking about Britain’s role in Ukraine from Kyiv