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# Mandelson moves UK towards presidential system
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/mandelson-moves-uk-towards-presidential-system/
- Published: 2008-11-26T12:11:03.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:42:20.000Z
- Author: Anthony Barnett
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:49

**Anthony Barnett (London,** [**OK**](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** [This argument ](http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/lord-mandelson-should-address-mps/?ref=opendemocracy.net)heads Britain in the direction of a presidential system - but without an independent legislature:

*Parliamentary rules should be changed to allow Lord Mandelson to be answerable to the House of Commons, MPs have said.* 
  
*The Commons business and enterprise committee said that following Lord Mandelson's appointment as business secretary there had been no one to come to the despatch box to answer MPs' questions on the brief.*