1. POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE UK
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POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE UK
Government
Political Parties
Policy of the UK

2. 1. Parliament legislative, executive and judicial
The government of the United Kingdom is devided into 3 main branches:
legislative, executive and judicial
the supreme legislative authority = parliament
law – making body, one of the oldest parliaments, established in 1295
seat: Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London
includes:
a) the Queen and b) Chambers
The House of Lords – aristocracy, peers = Lords Temporal / life 650, hereditery 89/, Lords Spiritual = 26 bishops, red and gold, limited power /delays laws for 6 months/
The Lord Speaker – head of H.of L.
The House of Commons – 650 elected MPs /523Engl, 38 Wal, 72 Scot, 17 N.Ir./, more power, green and brown, Speaker, debates laws, taxes, passes laws, revises Governm. work
a proposed law = a bill –> H. of Com. –> H. of L. –> Queen –> signs = law = Act of Parliament 

3. Autor: Darina Sikorová
Houses of Parliament
Autor: Darina Sikorová

4. House of Commons Chamber
House of Lords Chamber
House of Commons Chamber
Autor: UK Parliament, Název: House of Lords chamber - toward throne.jpg
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5. 2. Government
the supreme executive authority, responsible to parliament
a single party govern., leader - Prime Minister (PM) - elected from the winning party, people - H. of L. or H. of Com.
PM - appoints ministers = Cabinet, meet once a week
seat: 10 Downing St., responsible for all govern. decisions, runs the country
Opposition = Shadow Cabinet 
Departments:
Foreign Office /F. Secretary/
Home Office / H. Secr./
Minister of Defence, Education., Agric., the Chancellor of the Exchequer
General elections - ev.5 years, winn. party= governm., to choose PM
voting – polling day

6. 10 Downing Street
Autor: Prime Minister`s Office, Název: Official Downing Street pic.jpg
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7. 3. Courts the judicial authority – Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
the highest court to appeal
except Scottish criminal cases => Scottland – High Court of Justiciary
12 Law Lords,
no Minister of Justice,
imprisonment = life sentence = the highest punishment X US – death penalty
65% people support reintroduction of death penalty for murder

8. Political Parties Conservative – right, rich, capitalists, no changes
Labour – left, working class + inteligentsia, reformist party, socialists
Liberal Democrats – centre, EU, all classes
other - Communist, Green, nationalists, the Catholic Social Democratic, …
Plaid Cymru – Wales, Unionists - N.I., Scottish National Party – Scotland
history: Whigs and Tories

9. UK and policy Member of: Changes: NATO UNESCO
EU , laws related to economic and social matters X driving on the left, old measuring units, its own currency
Changes:
Scotland – its own parliament 1999
Welsh Assembly, N.I. Assembly

10. Scottish Parliament Building
Autor: D. Sikorová

11. Thank you for your attention.
Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová