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POLITICAL SYSTEMS I. UK. Let´s start!. UK is a constitution al monarchy, but… Magna Charta 1215 Bill of Rights 1689 Act of Union 1707 EXECUTIVE POWER Q ueen Elizabeth II (The Sovereign) T he Government P rime Minister – The Cabinet Scottish Government
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Let´s start! UK is a constitutional monarchy, but… Magna Charta 1215 Bill of Rights 1689 Act of Union 1707 EXECUTIVE POWER Queen Elizabeth II (The Sovereign) The Government Prime Minister – The Cabinet • Scottish Government • Welsh Assembly Government • Northern Ireland Executive
THE PARLIAMENT House of Commons: 650 members 650 constituencies General Election First Past the Post Electoral system HM Government vs. HM Opposition Conservative: 304 Labour: 254 Liberal Democrats: 57 Democratic Unionist Party: 8 Scottish National Party: 6 Sinn Feinn: -5 Plaid Cymru: 3 SDLP:3 Independent: 2 Alliance: 1 Green: 1 Respect: 1
House of Lords 764 members life peers Lords Spiritual Lords Temporal HM Government HM Opposition Crossbenchers
SOME FUNNY STUFF… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpiCuSW3lrE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bhpXhxP-WU