Here's a question from a clueless moron. How does the government over in England work? Like, I know there's a Prime Min. and all, but i was recently skimming over a post and i swear they were speaking a different language.....Can anyone help explain?
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, with executive power invested in an elected government headed by the Prime Minister and his Cabinet. The government's actions are carried out in the name of the monarch and are accountable to Parliament. The British electorate therefore control the actions of the government indirectly through elections of Members of Parliament. The UK's current monarch and head of state is Queen Elizabeth II who acceded to the throne in 1952 and was crowned in 1953. In modern Britain, the monarch's role is mainly ceremonial, with the UK's real political power being delegated to the Prime Minister by Parliament. The Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party in the House of Commons, currently Tony Blair of the Labour Party. Parliament is bicameral, composed of the 659-member elected House of Commons and the appointed House of Lords. Historically, the House of Lords has featured members of nobility who were granted seats by nature of birthright, although this feature has been abolished. Furthermore, the House of Lords Act 1999 severely curtailed the powers of the hereditary peers - only 92 out of several hundred retain the right to sit in the House of Lords, by either being elected by their fellow peers or by holding either the office of Earl Marshal or Lord Great Chamberlain. Reforms of the House of Lords originally called for all of the hereditary peers to lose their voting rights, however a compromise was reached which will allow them to be gradually phased out. The United Kingdom is described as being traditionally a centralised, or unitary, state, with Parliament at Westminster holding responsibility for most of the UK's political power. However, recent devolution has begun to change this. In 1999, the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales were established, the former having primary legislative power. Northern Ireland was also granted a self-governing Assembly as part of the Good Friday Agreement, but it is currently suspended. The British system of government has been emulated around the world because of the UK's colonial legacy. Nations that follow British-style parliamentarism are said to operate under the Westminster system. This system of government is generally very stable and creates strong government, with normally only one party in power at a time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom#Politics
I know this is off topic... but I never knew that The Darkness were in Lord of the Rings... fucking hate that band... Fly... ps... of course, Scotland and Wales should really be seeking independance rather than settling for fairly worthless assemblies... after all, they only became part of Britain after being militarily conqoured by King Edward I... the start of England's imperialism...
Exactly. I couldn't agree more. Lets not forget Northern Ireland too. Hell, just what do we have to do to get rid of them. I would dearly love an independent England but we just can't shake the buggers off. Why do Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands act like the friggin clingons. It's about time we kicked them into touch and let them fend for themselves now. England for the English Have a fantastic New Year folks
