... on congressional approval. The presidents has the solitary legislative power of veto, which is entirely negative, and even this can be overridden with 2/3rds majority in both houses. Law making in the UK is often dependent on the size of the government majority, which is -due to the First-Past-The-Post electoral system- often large. There are exceptions however, as seen in the difficulty Major faced in trying to pass the Maastricht treaty (1992). Blair has used his enormous majority in Parliament to pass even the most controversial of laws (e.g. Iraq war 2003, where many Labour MPs voted against the PM but not enough to stop Blair from being successful.) Public opinion/pressure group support is important to both the Prime Minister and the President but in different ways. The British public will frequently appeal to the Prime Minister in order to try to persuade him to do what they want (countryside ...

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