Examine the power and position of british prime minister
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The Prime Minister
The student sits at her desk, fiddling with her pencil. It's exam day, and this course on British government has been challenging to say the least. Today's exam focuses on the prime minister and the Cabinet, and the student hopes that she has studied enough. When the professor hands out the exam, the student skims through it quickly, her confidence rising. It doesn't look so bad after all!
The first question is a breeze: 'Define the term prime minister.' The student writes quickly - 'The prime minster is the head of the British government. He or she is an active member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons, and the leader of the party that holds the most seats there.'
The next question is easy, too: 'How does someone become prime minister?' Again, the student jots her answer: 'After an election, the monarch calls on the leader of the majority party in the House of Commons to form the new government. The leader, thereby, becomes the prime minister. Although he or she is elected to the House of Commons by a popular vote, he or she is appointed to the office of prime minister by the monarch.'
The third question is a bit more challenging: 'Who was the first prime minister?' The student pauses a moment, scratches her head, and remembers, and then writes that the first prime minister was Sir Robert Walpole, who served in that role from 1720 to 1742. He wasn't actually called a prime minister because that title wasn't recognized until 1905, but he did the job.
The fourth question isn't so bad, although there is a bit of a trick to it: 'Which prime minister was appointed after the general election of 2010?' The student replies that Queen Elizabeth appointed David Cameron as the prime minister after the 2010 election. Cameron, who is the head of the powerful Conservative Party, works in conjunction with his Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, who is the head of the Liberal Democrats. Because the election did not result in either party holding the majority of seats in the House of Commons, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had to form a coalition government and work together.
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