of PoliticalInstitutions

GREAT BRITAINHuey Shih

BRITAIN USES AParliamentary System(No Separation of Powers)

PARLIAMENT (It’s Bicameral)

House of LordsandHOUSE OF COMMONS

HOUSE OF LORDS

Members arenot elected

By the public

Lords Temporal

Lords Spiritual

House of Commons

650 Members

Majority Party Loyal Opposition

Many smaller parties

First Past the Post

PRIME MINISTER & CABINET

David

“First Among Equals”

CameronElected as leader of the majority party

Appoints Cabinet members

The Crown

Gives royal assent to billsCeremonial Head of State

Meets foreign heads of stateOpens Parliament

Formally appoints members of the House of Lords

Commander-in-chief

THE BUREAUCRACYStable and powerful

Discretionary power

Experts in the fieldLong term

Advise ministers “Oxbridge”

THE JUDICIARYParliamentary sovereignty

Common lawUk supreme court

Independent, impartial, and neutral

Political partiesconservative Liberal

democratslabour

Sinn Fein of Northern Ireland

Plaid Cymru of Walesrespect

allianceGreen

Democratic unionist partyScottish national

party

DavidCameron

EDMILLIBAND

NICKclegg

Labour party

1997 to 2010Loss of 1992 election

Began in 1906Trade unions and socialist

groups

Conservative party

Noblesse obligeWorld war II and 1997

Traditional wingThatcherite wing

right

Liberal democratsMerged liberals and social

democratsProportional representation

Bill of rightsGoal: establish strong middle

partyleft

“First Past the Post”elections

“Winner Take All”

Fixed term parliaments act (2011)

Party selects running candidate

MP’s don’t have to live in district

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Common Law

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First Past the Post

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