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of Political Institutions GREAT BRITAIN Huey Shih
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GREAT BRITAINHuey Shih
BRITAIN USES AParliamentary System(No Separation of Powers)
PARLIAMENT (It’s Bicameral)
House of LordsandHOUSE 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”
CameronElected as leader of the majority party
Appoints Cabinet members
The Crown
Gives royal assent to billsCeremonial 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 fieldLong term
Advise ministers “Oxbridge”
THE JUDICIARYParliamentary sovereignty
Common lawUk 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 1906Trade unions and socialist
groups
Conservative party
Noblesse obligeWorld war II and 1997
Traditional wingThatcherite wing
right
Liberal democratsMerged liberals and social
democratsProportional representation
Bill of rightsGoal: 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
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