How well does Parliament fulfil its functions? British Parliament has four primary functions. These are representation, legitimisation, scrutinising and informing and legislative. Each of these are performed, by our parliament with a varying degree of success, and this essay is targeted at examining how well each of these functions are carried out. Firstly, there is the issue of representation. How well does Parliament represent the people of Great Britain? To begin with, Britain is a …
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…unlucky over the outbreak of war between Israel and Egypt in 1974. This led to the economic crisis which resulted in his electoral defeat. No model, least of all a catch phrase, can be anything more than a gross oversimplification of the dynamics of political power in British government. Prime Ministerial hegemony has existed but only for limited periods. Thatcher is testimony to both the potentialities of, and the limits to, the office of Prime Minister.