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British Political System - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Have less participation by ordinary citizens in governing and law making
      - Not having to ask the people for a change in law
  - - - The House of Common
      - HM Government
    - - The House of Lord
    - - The UK Courts of Law
    - - The Monarch
- - - - Choose PM
      - Dismiss ministers and Gov.
      - Dissolve Par.
      - Refuse to agree to legislation passed by Par.
      - Dismiss the Gov. of other countries of which she is monarch
      - Embody the law in the courts
      - Can do nothing that is legally wrong
- - - - From the House of Common
      - Same political party
      - Heads of the Gov. Department (Minister of...)
      - Appointed by the Monarch
      - COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
  - - - The committee at the center of the British political system
      - The supreme decision making body in the Gov.
    - - Leading politicians in the Gov. party
    - - Downing Street
    - - Every Thursday
    - - Take decisions about new policies,
        the implementation of existing policies
        and the running of the various Gov. department
    - - The PM chairs the meeting
      - Secret
      - Reports are made and circulated to Gov. Department
      - Gov. Depart, summarizes the topic discussed and decisions taken
  - - - Appoint the cabinet and change his cabinet
        (power of patronage)
      - Make the final decisions on major issues
      - Decisions the agenda for cabinet meetings which he also chairs
  - - - get high salary
      - Have absolute job security
      - Stand a good chance of being awarded an official honor