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| The official residence and office of the Prime Minister | |
| A member of Parliament that usually sits to the back of the room, and does not often speak. Usually this is a younger MP. | |
| The Prime Minister from 1997 - 2007. He was a member of the Labour Party. | |
| The island that contains Wales, Scotland, and England | |
| The collective decision-making body, composed of the PM and some 22 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of government ministers. They are appointed by the PM. | |
| Generally, the idea that one branch will be able to check on another, and balance power equally among branches of government. | |
| Divisions in society that cause people to vote differently. | |
| An intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states, all but two of which were formerly part of the British Empire. | |
| The United Kingdom's top business lobby organization. | |
| One of the two major political parties in Great Britain. They are against the Labour Party, and are ideologically allied with the Republican Party in the USA. | |
| Great Britain's form of government, with the Queen as the Head of State, and an unwritten constitution. | |
| One of the Prime Minister's powers, where the Monarch can be convinced to release the legislative body. | |
| One of the regions of the United Kingdom. This particular regions contains London. | |
| The currency of the European Union that has not yet been adopted by Great Britain. | |
| The abbreviation for the Confederation of British Industries | |
| The organization that existed from 1958 - 1993, to bring economic integration to certain European countries. It was later transformed to the European Community. | |
| An economic and political union of 27 member states. It is committed to regional integration, and has developed a single market. | |
| The treaty that allowed the creation of the European Union and the Euro. It has been amended by more recent treaties. | |
| The idea that Parliament is the supreme legislative, judicial and executive authority in Great Britain. | |
| Differences in social attitudes and voting behavior between men and women. | |
| The belief that change ought to be modified in small, discreet changes rather than abrupt changes such as revolutions or uprisings. | |
| Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. | |
| A third party in the United Kingdom that now has branches in Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland. It is committed to helping the environment. | |
| The lower house of Parliament, consisting of popularly elected members, by the 'first past the post' system. | |
| The upper house of Parliament, consisting of appointed members. They cannot veto bills, but they can delay and debate them. | |
| The prerogative of a high court to nullify actions by the legislative and executive. | |
| An approach to economic policy in which state economic policies are used to regulate the economy in an attempt to achieve stable growth. In a recession, deficits are expanded to cr | |
| One of the two major political parties. Gordon Brown is a member of this party, and it is allied ideologically with left-wing policies. | |
| A political party in Great Britain, allied with center to center-left policies. They are the third largest party in the House of Commons. | |
| The party with the second largest amount of seats in Parliament, which is currently the Conservative party. | |
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| Former Prime Minister, succeeded Margaret Thatcher, and served from 1990-1997. | |
| The degree to which military leaders influence public policy, and vice versa. | |
| Abbreviation for 'Member of Parliament' | |
| The take over, by the government, of privately owned business firms. | |
| A campaigning label for the Labour Party of the United Kingdom, dating from 1994 and associated with Tony Blair's leadership of the party. | |
| The entirety of British authority, which consists of the House of Commons and House of Lords. | |
| The Head of Government in Great Britain (NOT the Head of State). | |
| The sale of state-owned enterprises to private companies or investors. | |
| Abbreviation of Prime Minister. | |
| A system in which seats are allocated to parties roughly in proportion to the votes each party receives. | |
| A shorter term for quasi-nongovernmental organizations. These are non-elected bodies that are outside traditional governmental departments, yet have considerable influence on publi | |
| The Head of State and commander of military in Great Britain. | |
| A weekly Wednesday 2-hour meeting of Parliament to ask questions of the Prime Minister. | |
| This does not include Northern Ireland, and it is a parliamentary democracy and republic. | |
| The formal method by which a constitutional monarch completes the legislative process of lawmaking by assenting to an act of Parliament. | |
| A seat in the legislative body regarded as fully secure by a political party, the incumbent, or both. | |
| A senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system who form an alternative cabinet and shadow each individual member of the government, | |
| A system under which candidates run for a single seat from a specific geographic region. The person who wins will have a plurality. | |
| In this system, the state plays a leading role in organizing the economy, and most business firms are publicly owned. | |
| A former Prime Minister, who served from 1979 - 1990. She was also the leader of the Conservative party from 1975 - 1990. She is the only woman to hold either position. | |
| The British version of the American Wall Street, a financial district in London where a great deal of business is located. | |
| A national trade union center, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, with 58 affiliated unions. | |
| Abbreviation of the Trades Union Congress | |
| In Great Britain, a status quo, and the strong tendency to change to a moderate degree. | |
| In this, no powers are reserved constitutionally for subnational units of government. | |
| A sovereign state, that consists of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. | |
| This is based on the supreme authority of Parliament and the accountability of its elected representatives. It is named after the Parliament building in London. | |
| The statutory granting of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to government at a subnational level, such as a regional, local, or state level. It differs from f | |
| The current Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party. He became Prime Minister in 2007, after Tony Blair. | |
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