1. All members of a group have an input into the decisions that are made. Team 8- Holy Cross Catholic High School and Hope Academy

2. Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, grant to our Queen and her government, to members Parliament and all in positions of responsibility, the guidance of your Spirit. May they never lead the nation wrongly through love of power, desire to please, or unworthy ideals but laying aside all private interests and prejudices keep in mind their responsibility to seek to improve the condition of all mankind; so may your kingdom come and your name be hallowed, Amen.

3. Democracy is not a value. It’s a political system.

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5. Direct Democracy takes place usually within smaller groups where everyone can be involved together and have their say e.g. I a band or a team or even your own school council. When a suggestion is posed, each member will get to vote in favour or against it. This means they are directly involved in the decision making.

6. Representative democracy is used when there are lots of people in a particular group, such as a local community or even the country as a whole. As it is very difficult to gather everybody together to have their vote, each person can have their say or elect somebody to represent them, to create a core group of individuals who make the decisions on behalf of others. This is how our government works, with members voted in to parliament to represent different areas.

7. Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help, that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy Holy Name, and finally