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Government and Politics

• The UK is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy
• British Constitution and Monarchy
  • a set of rules and conventions that lay down the powers and functions of state institutions and their relationship with each other.
  • some characteristics
    • • constitutional monarchy;
      • parliamentary sovereignty;
      • representative democracy;
      • the rule of law.
  • no written constitution in one document: partly written and contained in multiple documents
  • consist
    • • statute law, such as Acts of Parliament;
      • common law or judge-made law,
      • conventions i.e. principles and practices of government
      • ancient documents , such as The Bill of Rights
      • the new addition of European Union law.
  • the British Monarchy
    • it is the longest reigning monarchy in the world
    • the status of monarchy
      • • head of state,
        • head of the executive
        • an integral part of the legislative
        • head of the judiciary, immune from civil or criminal proceedings
        • Supreme Governor of the State Church
        • the symbol of thw whole nation
    • the right of the monarchy
      • attend artistic , industrial, scientific events of the national and local interest
      • consult on every aspect of natioal life and review all important government document
• the British Parliament
  • it comprise three elements
    • the Crown
    • the House of Lords
    • the House of Commons
  • House of Lords
    • feature
      • Shares the making and shaping of the laws with the Commons
    • numbers
      • around 800 numbers
    • comprise
      • the lords temporal
      • the lords spiritual
      • the law lords
    • it is the highest court of appeal in the UK
  • House of Commons
    • the House of Commons is the assembly chamber for 651 Members of Parliament (MPs)
    • Primr Minister
      • the leader of the party with the majority of the seats
    • functions
      • • Debates big issues
        • Proposes laws and amends existing ones
        • Challenges the government’s work
• Major Political Parties
  • Conservative Party
    • the Tories
    • a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism
    • the largest political party in the UK
    • currently the largest single party in the House of Commons with 330 seats
  • Labour Party
    • the Whigs
    • a centre-left democratic socialist political party in the United Kingdom
    • officially, it has maintained the stance of being a socialist party