To What Extent Have Uk Prime Ministers to Become ‘Presidential’?

In the UK, there is hot debate as to whether the Prime Minister is actually a President. Tony Blairs decision to go to war in Iraq is one of biggest examples in recent history of this theory as he did it because he thought it was right. However, some inactive say that the storage locker is where the true power lies. One example of the growing tendency of the UK Prime Ministers to be more Presidential is how the fruit of spatial leadership has become more prevalent in recent years. Prime Ministers now tend to distance themselves from Cabinet and be their own dominion of government.They also tend to get entire ideologies named after them such as Thatcherism or Blairism (after Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair). Prime Ministers also tend to be more with the people than with their party. In conjunction with this, personalised election campaigns are becoming more common during General Elections. More and more focus is heaped upon the party leaders (for example, David Cameron versus Gord on Brown preferably than the Conservatives versus Labour) and they become a sort of brand image.Closely related to this is the fact that Prime Ministers are now claiming personal mandates on their own personal election winner rather than a party mandate. However, Cabinets compose hold an enormous amount of power over their Prime Minister. Prime Ministers require the support of their ministers or they run a risk a party revolution and replacement. For example, Margaret Thatcher lost the support of her Cabinet in her third term and was eventually replaced by John Major. This fancys how much power Cabinet can wield over Prime Ministers.Also, the Prime Ministers power is linked to the backing of the so-called unsackable ministers in Cabinet. These unsackable ministers are unsackable as they open their own little faction in the party behind them to support them in any issue over their ability. For example, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown did not fill the better(p) personal relationshi p but Gordon Brown had a cadre of support behind him and his skills as Chancellor of the Exchequer was respected so he was an unsackable minister.This continues to show that the Cabinet has power over the Prime Minister and can sometimes force their hand on certain matters. Overall, Prime Ministers do tend to have more power than before. This does coincide with the theory of Presidentialism but it would be wrong to say that the UK is a Republic and not a Parliamentary Democracy. The Cabinet still wields power over government proceedings and the Prime Minister. Therefore, there is a certain extent of Presidentialism but not enough to call it decisive at all.