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British parliament (House of Lords (Group of peers, used to be every head…

- - - - People given a title for service to the UK
      - Former prime ministers usually get this
      - Made by the queen, on suggestion by the PM
      - People with a lot of experience
        
        Important knowledge
      - Not possible to be inherited
- - - - Extensive powers that used to lie on the monarc
        
        Appoints ambassadors
        
        Can declare war
        
        Earlier could decide when the election was to be held - now it's a set date. Theresa May called an extra election this year - lost.
        
        Conservatives only lets the members of the parliament to vote for their representative - Labour lets everyone within in the party to vote for their representative
      - The most important people surrounding him is refered to as the Cabinet - Shadow cabinet
    - - Government on one side, "Shadow government" on the opposite - people not in the government
- - - - HoL at advantage and can therefore they can take on more impopular laws