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How does Parliamentary sovereignty affect the UK Supreme Court
Restricts the Supreme Court from making judicial review
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What type of government structure does Great Britain have?
A unitary structure of government
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The policy issues of the European Union is a problem to what Party in the UK Parliament?
Conservative Party
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Why did the the British government choose not to adopt the Euro?
It challenges its sovereignty
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What political party has been most disadvantaged by the single member plurality system?
Liberal Democrats
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What is Sinn Fein
The political arm of the IRA (Irish Replic Army)
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Collective responsibility applies to what?
The cabinet
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Who sits opposite to the majority party?
The shadow government
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What party is dominated by trade unions?
The Labour Party
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Define Quangos
Semi public agencies that advice government
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How was the Mayor of London added to British Government
Throught the Third Way
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What treaty formally brought Britain into the EU?
The Maastricht Treaty
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After the Labour Party took power, the Bverage Report by Atley implemented what?
The NHS
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What British Party is to the very far right?
The British National Party
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Members of the Cabinet must be a part of what?
The House of Commons
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What is the name of the process in which two parties come together?
Collective Consensus
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What was Tony Blair's political ideology
Neo Liberalism
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What is the biggest social cleveage in Britain?
Social class
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How did the Welch and Irish government get their power?
Through devolution
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Define Ulster Unionist
The Protestant Party in Northern Ireland
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What peers have been reduced in the House of Lords?
Hereditary peers
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What makes common law in Britain
Tradition
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What is the biggest threat by the EU that challenges British soverienty?
Human rights
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What are the sources of legitamacy for British Government
- Tradition, the Magna Carta, custom, the English
- Bill of Rights, common law, and writings of legal scholars like Blackstone
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True or False:Candidates for office in Britain usually do not live in the districts they represent
True
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What was the most imporant political challenge to Britain in the 1800's?
Incorporating the middle and working classes into the electoral system.
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After WWII, what led to the creation of a modern welfare state?
The spirit of collective consensus
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Reluctance to embrace the Euro and privatization of state industries was part of the legacy of what Prime Minster?
Margaret Thatcher
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What party favors the adoption of the Euro?
The Labour Party
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What os an important source of British elities?
Oxbridge
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What act caused the creation of the British Supreme Court?
The Constitutional Reform Act of 2005
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What is the path one might take to achieve politicalleadership in Britain?
A long memebership in the House of Commons
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What is Whitehall?
Where the civil service headquarters are
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What is Westminster?
Where parliament meets
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Who is the Prime minister played an influential role in
removing Argentina from the Falkland Islands in 1982?
Margaret Thatcher
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What contributes to the continued dominance of two parties in Great Britain’s House of Commons?
Single-member electoral districts
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What is the primary function of the British House of
Commons
To provide a forum for policy debate
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How are civil liberties and human rights protected in Great Britain?
Public opinion and tradition
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What power does the House of Lords have?
The power to postpone the enactment of legislation
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What tends to divide parties on British government?
Social issues and the amount of involvement the government should have in the economy
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