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    The United Kingdom has a constitutional monarchy with a monarch as Head of State who has little actual power. Parliament is made up of the House of Commons and House of Lords and passes legislation which is then signed by the monarch. The House of Commons is the most powerful body and is made up of 650 members elected by a simple majority system. Political parties nominate candidates for elections and the party that wins a majority forms the government led by the Prime Minister who selects Cabinet Ministers to head departments.

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    The United Kingdom has a constitutional monarchy with a monarch as Head of State who has little actual power. Parliament is made up of the House of Commons and House of Lords and passes legislation which is then signed by the monarch. The House of Commons is the most powerful body and is made up of 650 members elected by a simple majority system. Political parties nominate candidates for elections and the party that wins a majority forms the government led by the Prime Minister who selects Cabinet Ministers to head departments.

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    The United Kingdom has a constitutional monarchy with a monarch as Head of State who has little actual power. Parliament is made up of the House of Commons and House of Lords and passes legislation which is then signed by the monarch. The House of Commons is the most powerful body and is made up of 650 members elected by a simple majority system. Political parties nominate candidates for elections and the party that wins a majority forms the government led by the Prime Minister who selects Cabinet Ministers to head departments.

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    The political system

    The United Kingdom is a constitutional


    monarchy. This means that it has a
    monarch (a king or a queen) as its Head of
    I Voting figures for the 1987 election 1
    State. The monarch has very little power
    and can only reign with the support of
    Parliament. Parliament consists of two
    chambers known as the House of Commons
    and the House of Lords. Parliament and the
    monarch have different roles in the
    government of the country, and they only
    meet together on symbolic occasions such
    as the coronation of a new monarch or the
    opening olParliament. In reality, the
    House of Commons is the only one of the
    three which has true power. It is here that
    new bids are introduced and debated. If the
    majority of the members are in favour of a
    hill it goes to the House of Lords to be
    debated and finally to the monarch to be
    signed. Only then does it become law.
    Although a bill must be supported by all
    three bodies, the House of Lords only has
    limited powers, and the monarch has not The party system
    refused to sign one since the modern The British democratic system depends on
    political system began over 200 years ago. political parties, and there has been a party
    svstem of some kind since the 17th centurv.
    The House of Commons and the he political parties choose candidates in -
    electoral system elections (there are sometimes independent
    candidates, but they are rarely elected).
    The House of Commons is made up of 650
    The party which wins the majority of seats
    elected members, known as Members of
    forms the Government and its leader
    Parliament (abbreviated to MPs), each of
    usually becomes Prime Minister. The
    whom represents an area (or constituency)
    largest minority party becomes the
    of the United Kingdom. They are elected
    Opposition. In doing so it accepts the right
    either at a general election, or at a by- of the majority party to run the country,
    election following the death or retirement of
    while the majority party accepts the right of
    an MP. The election campaign usually lasts
    the minority party to criticize it. Without
    about three weeks. Everyone over the age of
    this agreement between tbe political
    18 can vote in an election, which is decided
    parties, the British parliamentary system
    on a simple majority - the candidate with
    would break down.
    the most votes wins. Under this svstem. an
    MF who wins by a small numberbf votes The Prime Minister chooses about twenty
    may have more vores againsr him ([ha is, AU's from his or her parry 10 become
    for rhe other candidarcs) than fur him. T h ~ s Cahinet .llinisters. Each minister is
    is a very simple system, hut many people responsible for a particular area of
    think that it is unfair because the wishes of government, and for a Civil Service
    those who voted for the unsuccessful department. For example, the Minister of
    candidares are nor represenred ar all. ~ i f e n c is
    e r~s~onsiblefordefence polic!'
    Farliamentan~elections must be held every and the armed forces, ihe Chancellor ofthe
    five \'ears ar the Ialcsr. bur rhe Prime .
    Exchuuuur for financial nolicv,
    -.and the
    k s t e r can decide on the exact date within Home Secretary for, among other things,
    those five years. law and order and immigration. Their Civil

    The Unired Kingdom 5

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