Two constitutionally mandated mechanisms for checking the prime minister are

a. the impeachment process and variable elections.
b. the vote of no confidence and the convention of collective responsibility.
c. the monarch and the House of Lords.
d. question time and the election process.
e. fusion of powers and judicial review.

b

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