UK political system

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The United Kingdom is a unitary state with ____ that is governed within the framework of ____under a_______
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DEVOLUTION/A PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY / CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
The UK monarch
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Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state
T he Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Boris Johnson is the head of government
• The Queen (Her Majesty)
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is impartial and acts on the advice of her ministers. • She has „the right to be consulted, the right to encourage and the right to warn“.
Powers of the Queen: (part 1)
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to appoint and dismiss ministers • • to summon, prorogue and dissolve Parliament. • to make war and peace. • to command the A rmed F orces of the United Kingdom
Powers of the Queen: (part 2)
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• to regulate the Civil Service. • to issue and withdraw passports • to ratify and make treaties • to deploy the Armed Forces overseas • to credit and receive diplomats
Duties of Queen Elisabeth:
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• The Queen sees the Prime Minister each week as well as speak s to other ministers. • Receives copies of important government papers • Ceremonial duties: e. g. State Opening of Parliament each year when she delivers a
EXECUTIVE POWER
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is exercised by the British government, on behalf of and by the consent of the monarch, and the devolved governments of Scotland and Wales and the Northern Ireland Executive.
LEGISLATIVE POWER
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is vested in the two chambers of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, as well as in the Scottish Parliament and Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies.
THE JUDICIARY
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is independent of the executive and the legislature. The highest court is the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
The country is in fact governed by ____
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CABINET
Cabinet
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about 20 leading ministers headed by the Prime Minister. Government is formed by the party with majority support in the House of Commons. The
The second largest party forms the official _____and______ has a duty to criticize government policies and to present an alternative programme
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Opposition /"shadow cabinet“
3 main political parties in Britain:
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Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democratic Party
• The supreme law making body in country is ___,
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PARLIAMENT
PARLIAMENT consist of
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the House of Commons 650 elected m embers (every 5 years) • the House of Lords 788 sitting members of the House of

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