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.