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UNITED KINGDOM - Coggle Diagram
UNITED KINGDOM
Parliament
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legislative authority
House of lord
1000 peers
Not (elected, paid) /
highest court of law
Lords temporale
Life peers
Merit: lifetime title
Hereditary peers
inherit the title
Lords spiritual
2 archbishops / 24 most senior bishops
Law lords
Most important senior judges
House of commons
elected: 5 years
has less power than:
It can delay bills
NO financial
Government (Cabinet)
Prime minister
chooses: members (executive group)
executive body
Opposition (Shadow Cabinet)
Controlling / Criticizing Government policy
Shadow cabinet minister
speaker: hief officer --> impartial
Parliamentary democracy
with: Constitutional monarchy
No written Constitution
tradition / unwritten
Political Parties
Conservatoves
BELIVE:
privatization
AGAINST:
state subdies
SUPPORTED:
upper / midle class
Labours
BELIVE:
Nationalization of country --> basic industries services
SUPPORTED: Trade unions, working class (industry)
Liberal democrats
Ideologically liberal
SUPPORT:
European union
FAVOUR:
Proportional system representation
Monarchy
No decision --> Symbol
Head of state
open/closed parliament meeting
appoints:
prime minister / cabinet minister
5 members (supreme court)
head:
Commonwalth
Forces
Church of England
Symbol: national unity
magna carta 1215
The bill of right 1689
monarch --> parlament