Understanding the UK's Parliamentary System: An In-Depth Overview

[@TheTomp224]

Great video, just a few points I'd like to pick up on. Firstly on the Lords, law lords no longer sit in the chamber and the HoL can delay a Bill for one year (not six months). Secondly the does not simply "serve at the behest of the prime minister", for example the 1990 rebellion from Thatcher's cabinet and also the pressure cabinet members place on the PM. P.S. I appreciated your mention of 'Yes Minster', a fantastic show.

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Richard Newton-Smith: for some reason, youtube is not allowing me to reply directly to your comment. Just wanted to say that I'd very much appreciate any insights you can provide that can improve the accuracy of the video, so feel free to point out any errors. Thank you!

[@justgivemethetruth]

Thanks ... I like this idea of calling a new government ... wish we had that in the US.

[@bestdarkienikki8035]

This was very helpful thanks for the information

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Davos: again, KZbin is not allowing me to reply directly. Good catches. On the cabinet - it does, in theory. What that means is that the Prime Minister appoints the Cabinet and can, formally, dismiss Cabinet ministers whenever opportune (See any Cabinet reshuffle ever). The cabinet rebellion example you bring up has more to do with informal power relations. In that case, I'd argue that cabinet also became a proxy for caucus. So, yes, there is space for cabinet to rebel against a PM, but it's exceedingly rare, and requires a unified cabinet.

[@Thebrandnarrator]

Thanks! it really helped!

[@pumpkingrantaire3861]

Thanks this was really helpful!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Silver Phoenix Glad you liked it!

[@jhantushankar]

Sir, can you provide us these slides? They are very insightful and it would be a great help if i could include these slides in my notes.

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

mayank yadav The slides are filled with little clippings and notes out of frame so I keep the private - in case I need to make edits in the future.

[@jhantushankar]

Professor Hellstrom ok sir, the videos are enough. keep up the good work..... thank you very much

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Thank you! Glad they are helpful!

[@cedriclenk8315]

Hey it is actually not supposed to be "Westminister" its called Westminster because of the place that it is from.

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

I know :), I keep stumbling on that word. My tongue just doesn't seem willing to "minster". Not sure why it behaves like that :P

[@epikous]

The UK declared martial law in the 70's?! I was trying to find that some where else but couldn't, any help? other than that it was rather useful, thanks

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Sorry, that should be "state of emergency" - translation error on my part. Here's one piece looking back at the era. Note "...the only recourse left was to declare a state of emergency and call in the army to ensure that supplies got through" under Strikes Spread, 2nd paragraph. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7598366.stm

[@virozettevillanueva8530]

How different is uk's political system with luxembourg's? Aside from the luxembourg having a duke as the head of state?

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

I honestly know nothing about Luxembourgian politics. Checking the Wikipedia page tells me that there seems to be great similarities: both are parliamentary democracies (i.e. the executive is appointed by the legislature and depends on its confidence to govern) and both are constitutional monarchies. However, Luxembourg has proportional representation, not FPTP, which changes the make up of the legislature quite a bit. In that sense, it seems more like the Scandinavian political systems than the UK one. I don't know about the judiciary's role...

[@tobeytransport2802]

What website do you use to make these?

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Prezi.

[@jacobwhitcombeCNC]

Id love for you to do an updated version, very informative! Alot has changed since Blair though 🫠

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

You're right,

[@cheydinal5401]

There's only one i in Westminster though

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

I don't know why this is hard for my foreign tongue, but it is...

[@JamesADavies]

It's pronounced like "lejislature" BTW. Also, pity it's not first-past-the-post, so favors absolutely no political party true innovation! If it were then young people would be less apathetic and the Green Party would have way more votes!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

It is indeed pronounced that way, which is quite the challenge for my tongue. Yes, English is my second language. Your comment on FPTP is a tad unclear. The UK does use FPTP, which does tend to drive voter apathy, and certainly disfavours parties with diffuse (rather than localized) party support, like the Greens. There's a reason the LibDems wanted to change the system.

[@JamesADavies]

Oh, sorry I meant proportional representation. I was super tired when I wrote it!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

James Davies Ah, yes. Thanks for clarification. Of course, introducing PR in the UK would lead to very unstable governments with the current non-confidence system, seeing as majorities. So either lack of stability, or lots of coalitions.

[@JamesADavies]

I favour coallition over the unrepresentative state that we are in now!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

James Davies Fair enough!

[@ArduinoTronic]

Not sure if I agree with everything you said - come look at my channel esp the politics playlist!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Disagreement is fine! The video presents the overview of the system, as it is commonly presented in the 200-level introduction to comparative politics. It's a type of "state of the art"-video (all videos for classes are, at varying levels of sophistication). That "state of the art" can be disagreed with :)

[@richardnewton-smith9625]

There are so many errors in this I can't even begin.

[@scpa24]

this annoys me SO much when people say "Westministor" ! ITS "WestMINSTER" there is no extra i ffs

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Sam Anning Terribly sorry - I'm not a native English speaker and sometimes when I work quickly, I get it wrong. I'll try to be more diligent.