14/01/2013 - 20/01/2013 - Seperation Of Powers Part 2

But... David Cameron has powers over the rest of Parliament including the veto, meaning he can refuse any laws that he does not see fit. The reason why this is not done so often is because the Prime Minister may become unpopular. This refusal usually happens when one of the opposing parties give out a piece of legislation that goes against the policies of the government at the moment. This is the powers that the executive have over the Legislation.

The Judiciary, on the other hand people think is totally separate but it’s not. The main connection here is between the top part of the Judiciary (Here I mean the Supreme Court) and the Executive. An example of this is the Leverson  Inquiry that was held by Lord Justice Leverson (One of the 9 Supreme Court members) Part of it was to look into the relationship between the higher members of government and the press. The Judiciary can look over the effectiveness of parliament by holding reviews as seen and are able to criticise them. The executive on the other hand can examine the Judiciary on the way that they interpret the law.

This I hope helps clear things up.

07/01/2013-13/01/2013 - Seperation of Powers Part 1

Ok, so here is a little politics lesson, this is the British version of what’s known as the Separation of Powers Part 1.

This basically means that the state as a whole is made out of three parts:

1)      The Legislature (The Mp’s in the House of Commons and Lords in the House of Lords)

2)      The Executive (The Prime Minister and his/her Cabinet)

3)      The Judiciary (All the Judges who sit in all the courts in Britain [Not including the European Court of Human Rights])

Why is this relevant? You may ask.

It is relevant because the three parts are kept apart and no part can overrule another also they take turn in scrutinising each other so that one parts power cannot be raised.

I know what you’re thinking, David Cameron and his Cabinet are MP’s and therefore are in the commons. Right, of course, they are linked but Mr Cameron is unable to overrule Parliament except on legislation which he may become unpopular for. There is also when MP’s revolt against him, this is an example of the legislature having powers over the executive.

So we’ve covered powers the legislative have over executive, part 2 will cover more.

31/12/2012-06/01/2013 - All change

This year I have decided a change is in order, since last year by career path has changed just that slight little bit, and I figured in this blog that people get rather angry and annoyed by what you say sometimes because they have different opinions. So I’ve now changed the blog, the layout will be the same and so will the fact that it is weekly.

          The only thing that will change is that instead of saying about news stuff I’m now going to blog about the basics of British Politics that I think everyone should know but is never taught mainstream, only if you choose to study politics or law as a subject.

                   As you may have noticed I have changed the title of the blog and the website is now urpolitics.blogspot.com, I have also changed the twitter account to Hannah Newman (my name) @urpo1itics, so you are welcome to follow me on that. Last but not least a new feature, if there is anything about the political system or anything about me you want to know I have made an e-mail address yourpolitics@hotmail.co.uk.

          I hope you enjoy these changes, and I’ll stop with the song lyrics too.

24/12/2012 - 30/12/2012 - Rail Fares

Yesterday gave news that Train Fares have been raised at least 4.2% throughout the UK. This was found out by commuters when they bought their season tickets and found that they can be paying up to £5000 a year to travel to work and back, it is now cheaper to travel by bus. Many have been annoyed at this, especially as it is the 10^th year in a row that Train Fares have risen.

Why am I talking about this you may ask? You don’t travel on trains, you may state but I’m thinking in the future when A) I may be travelling to London from the South East Coast to go to university next year or B) When I work at Parliament (Yes I said When) I will be doing the same. In fact, this worries me, just a tad even going from Sheinfield to London Liverpool Street (2 stops away) will cost over £4000.

Enough with the statistics you say, the issue I want to know about is where is the money going? According to commuters, service is not improving, which is what we hoped to happen, but the government say don’t complain, we’re cheapest in Europe! Fun.

‘Feeling so fly like a train’

17/12/2012 - 23/12/2012 - 2013 The Year Ahead

I know according to my dates, it’s not quite 2013 yet, but it has gone past but never mind, my thoughts are coming up to what’s happening on the political spectrum throughout the year, here is some of my thoughts.

I know it’s early but I’m already thinking of the 2015 election and I bet I’m not the only one. By May it will be the centre point (give or take) of the current government and although we are not specifically fixed term over here then the next election is estimated for around the week of 6^th May 2015. I think Labour and perhaps even UKIP could be stepping up their parties this year to become to be seen in the running by 2014. That’s my theory anyway.

According to MP’s, it’s a hard time to be in parliament, especially with a coalition where ideas have to be shared. Issues such as Gay Marriage, the recession and benefits will have to be sorted this year. Plus the coalition needs to gain more trust this year if they have a chance for 2015.

That’s my predictions anyway, let’s see how it goes, just to remind you I do have twitter @wannabepolitics.

‘The Perfect Year’