Barendt, 1995 Public Law 615 commented:
'The truth is that there is [...] in the United Kingdom in the system of "checks and balances". The advent of the mass political parties has destroyed the semblance of such a system which existed a century ago. Except on rare occasions when there is significant party split, the government effectively controls the legislature ... There is, however, an effective separation of the judicial power from the other branches.'