Know your England ! A. van der Veen 2010.

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Know your England ! A. van der Veen 2010

The United Kingdom Scotland Wales England Northern Ireland

The flag: the Union Jack The Union Jack is a combination of the flags of the countries that form the United Kingdom. Blue field with red cross : St. George England Edged in white : St. Patrick Ireland Diagonal white cross St. Andrew Scotland The Welsh Dragon will always be a thing on its own.

The Commonwealth Cyprus,Malta, Kenya,India, Zimbabwe,Canada,Australia, Association of 51 states, once part of the British Empire Cyprus,Malta, Kenya,India, Zimbabwe,Canada,Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan , Gibraltar, Channel Islands ,Falklands, Hong Kong a.o.

Houses of Parliament Whitehall = the government/ Parliament The former Palace of Westminster, Now : The Houses of Parliament Located near Whitehall, so .. Whitehall = the government/ Parliament

Big Ben Big Ben is the name of the clock. Named after Sir Benjamin Hall, a small man.

Whitehall The Cenotaph No. 10 Downingstreet Horse Guards

House of Commons Government Party faces the Opposition Rebuilt after WW II 650 MPs (Members of Parliament ) Less Seats +/- 400 Government Party faces the Opposition Watch the lines on the floor: The width of 2 swords! Fighting should be done with words!! Now: Hung Parliament No party with an absolute majority in the House.

Political Parties Ed Milliband David Cameron Nick Clegg Labour Party : Leader of the Opposition !! Leader of the Shadow Cabinet Ed Milliband Conservatives: David Cameron Tory Party Liberal Democrats: Nick Clegg NEW!! not since WWII : A COALITION GOVERNMENT

The system “order! Order please ! “ Frontbenchers Backbenchers Government parties The Opposition : Shadow Cabinet

Electoral system ‘winner takes all’ : constituencies MPs represent their constituencies Holland: equal representation. ‘One man, one vote ‘ Scotland , Northern Ireland and Wales have their own Parliaments.

House of Lords The chairman sits on the woolsack : gift of Australia and New Zealand

The Lords The Lords Temporal ‘Hereditary Peers’ The Lords Spiritual (church) 350 Life Peers: appointed by her Majesty’s government as a reward for services rendered.

The Monarchy Prince Her Royal Highness Phillip Queen Elizabeth II Consort Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II Charles, Prince of Wales Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

The Diana legacy The future King and Queen? William and Kate Middleton April 2011 Royal Wedding!!! William ‘ the heir’ Harry ‘ the spare’

Church of England Henry VIII: The Protector of the Faith 1509-1547 1534 Founded his own Church of England and became Head of The Church Divorced, beheaded, died, Divorced, beheaded, survived…

His heirs ………….. Edward VI , son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour Wife no. 3 Church of England Mary ( nicknamed Bloody Mary) Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon Wife no. 1 Roman Catholic

Elizabeth I The Virgin Queen Daughter of Henry VIII And Anne Boleyn Wife no. 2 Because of her he founded the Church of England. Elizabeth gave Freedom of Religion MONARCH HEAD OF STATE….. AND HEAD OF CHURCH !!!

2010 Meeting of Anglican and Roman Catholic Heads of Church Pope Benedict

Confrontation Protestant And Roman Catholic Church Open invitation to orthodox Anglican priests to come back into the Roman Catholic motherchurch!! Beatification of John Newman

Schoolsystem Public schools : expensive private schools e.g. Eton near Windsor “the old school tie “

Schoolsystem Boarding school : all public schools are boarding schools Grammar schools :GCSE exams sometimes schooluniforms schooldinners

Universities: Bachelor degree Master degree New universities the old ones: Cambridge Oxford

To be continued…..