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of Political Institutions GREAT BRITAIN Huey Shih
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BRITAIN USES A Parliamentary System (No Separation of Powers)
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PARLIAMENT (It’s Bicameral) House of Lords and HOUSE OF COMMONS
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HOUSE OF LORDS Members are not elected By the public Lords Temporal Lords Spiritual
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House of Commons 650 Members Majority Party Loyal Opposition Many smaller parties First Past the Post
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PRIME MINISTER & CABINET David “First Among Equals” Cameron Elected as leader of the majority party Appoint s Cabinet members
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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
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THE BUREAUCRAC Y Stable and powerful Discretionary power Experts in the field Long term Advise ministers “Oxbridge”
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THE JUDICIARY Parliamentary sovereignty Common law Uk supreme court Independent, impartial, and neutral
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Political parties conservativeLiberal democrats labour Sinn Fein of Northern Ireland Plaid Cymru of Wales respect allianceGreen Democratic unionist party Scottish national party
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David Cameron ED MILLIBAND NICK clegg
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Labour party 1997 to 2010 Loss of 1992 election Began in 1906 Trade unions and socialist groups
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Conservative party Noblesse oblige World war II and 1997 Traditional wing Thatcherite wing right
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Liberal democrats Merged liberals and social democrats Proportional representation Bill of rights Goal: establish strong middle party left
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“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
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