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GREAT BRITAINHuey Shih
BRITAIN USES A
Parliamentary System(No Separation of Powers)
PARLIAMENT (It’s Bicameral)
House of Lordsand
HOUSE OF COMMONS
HOUSE OF LORDS
Members arenot elected
By the public
Lords Temporal
Lords Spiritual
House of Commons
650 Members
Majority Party Loyal Opposition
Many smaller parties
First Past the Post
PRIME MINISTER & CABINET
David
“First Among Equals”
Cameron
Elected as leader of the majority party
Appoints Cabinet members
The Crown
Gives royal assent to bills
Ceremonial Head of State
Meets foreign heads of stateOpens Parliament
Formally appoints members of the House of Lords
Commander-in-chief
THE BUREAUCRACYStable and powerful
Discretionary power
Experts in the field
Long term
Advise ministers “Oxbridge”
THE JUDICIARYParliamentary sovereignty
Common law
Uk supreme court
Independent, impartial, and neutral
Political partiesconservative Liberal
democratslabour
Sinn Fein of Northern Ireland
Plaid Cymru of Walesrespect
allianceGreen
Democratic unionist partyScottish national
party
DavidCameron
EDMILLIBAND
NICKclegg
Labour party
1997 to 2010Loss of 1992 election
Began in 1906
Trade unions and socialist groups
Conservative party
Noblesse oblige
World war II and 1997
Traditional wing
Thatcherite wing
right
Liberal democratsMerged liberals and social
democratsProportional representation
Bill of rights
Goal: establish strong middle partyleft
“First Past the Post”
elections“Winner Take All”
Fixed term parliaments act (2011)
Party selects running candidate
MP’s don’t have to live in district
Parliamentary System
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Common Law
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Lords Temporal
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First Past the Post
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Labour Party
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Speaker of the House
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Parliamentary Sovereignty
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Vote of Confidence
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