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United Kingdom
political institutions
parliament
House of Commons
650 members, elected in single member districts
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fixed term parliaments act: no snap-elections, set term
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House of Lords
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membership used to be passed on hereditarily, changed in 1999
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only 92 hereditary, others appointed by monarch; seated for life
used to be very powerful, not anymore
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cabinet & prime-minister
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single-party, bare majority cabinets
collective responsibility, dominant prime minister
constitutional monarchy
symbolically important, no real power
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judiciary
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increasing importance
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E.g., Johnson wanted to suspend his parliament, stopped by Supreme Court
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parties
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conservatives
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2016: Brexit referendum, Cameron resigns
ideology
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free market liberalism, small state
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pragmatic conservatism, moderate right
2019: May resigns, Johnson elected as new leader
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history
Island country
lack of centralization, regionalism
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Evolution, not revolution
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elections
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electoral system
personalistic, not party-based
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has never been a pure two-party system, always other parties
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