The Political System of the uk

The United Kingdom is a constitutional (or parliamentary) monarchy. The country has a monarch (a king or a queen) as its Head of State. The monarch has very little power and (0) ..A.. only reign with the support of parliament. Parliament (1) consists of two chambers known as the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Parliament and the monarch have different (2) 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 of Parliament. (3) In reality, the House of Commons is the only one of the three which has true power. It is here that new bills are introduced and (4) debated. If the majority of the members are in favour (5) of a bill it goes to the House of Lords to be debated and finally to the monarch to be signed. Only then does it become a law. Although a bill must be supported by all three bodies, the House of Lords only has limited powers, and the monarch has not refused to sign one since the modern political system began over 200 years (6) ago

The Queen has a certain role in state (7) affairs not only because of her ceremonial functions, such as opening Parliament, but also because she meets the Prime Minister every week and receives copies of all Cabinet papers.

The House of Lords has more than 1,000 members. They are not elected, they sit there because of their rank and do not receive a (8) salary The chairman of the House of Lords is the Lord Chancellor, (9) who sits on the Woolsack. The House of Commons is made up of 650 elected members, known as Members of Parliament, or (10) MPs. The House of Commons is presided over by the Speaker. A Speaker is customarily reappointed to his office in each new Parliament.

The main political parties are usually (11) represented at the elections. They are the Conservative (the Tories) and the Labour parties. Voting takes place on Polling Day. The leader of the party with most (12) votes becomes Prime Minister and forms a government, which can remain in power for up to five years. This Minister has an official London House which is at No 10, Downing Street. The second biggest party becomes the official Opposition. Its leader forms a “Shadow Cabinet”.

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