- LEAKS
- Disgruntled ministers may leak cabinet info to the media.
- g. Ed Balls and Nick Clegg revealed cabinet discussions in their books.
- DISSENT/NON-RESIGNATION
- Cabinet members that oppose important parts of gov policy have survived in office even when their concerns have been made public.
- g. many LD ministers were critical of coalition policy 2010-2015 but only one junior minister resigned.
- DOMINANCE OF PM
- Some ministers that served under Thatcher and Blair claimed that they undermined CR by ignoring the cabinet.
- Mo Mowlam and Clare Short complained that Blair did not consult the cabinet sufficiently.