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Political system of Great Britain
Have a class discussion
Who makes laws in the UK?
What does the word “ monarchy ” mean?
What is the role of monarch?
What is the difference between the House of Commons and House of Lords?
Who is the queen of the UK?
When did the queen become the Queen of the UK?
The royal family
Prince Charles
Prince William
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Diana
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy, this means that it has a MONARCH (king or queen).
- Britain is administered from the Palace of Westminister in London (also known as the Houses of Parliament)
- The head of the state is the queen (she opens and closes Parliament.
- In GB there is constitutional monarchy
The Parties
The Labour Party
The Conservative Party
- emerg ed at the end of the 19 th century
The Liberal Democrats
- came to power in 18 th century
- M.Thatcher was deposed as leader in 1990
- It returned to power in 1997
- Close relations whit Labour Party
- It is popular among older people
Parliament
Both of houses are in the Palace of Westminster.
Government
The House of Commons
- MP-S are elected by the British public
- The House of Commons has 651 seats
- The chairman is called S peaker
The Commons debate new laws. These “bills” don’t become laws or acts until the house of lords and the Queen have accepted them.
The House of Lords
- Members are not elected, they inherit their seats from their fathers
- Members are called life peers
Elections…
- Are held every five years
- Voting is not compulsory and is from the age of 18
- The party which wins the most seats forms the government
The British flag
It is called Union Jack and it symbolises the union of England. Flag is made up of the crosses of the patron saints of England.
Five last prime ministers since…
- 1974-1976 Harold Wilson Labour
- 1976-1979 James Callaghan Labour
- 1979-1990 Margaret Thatcher Conservative
- 1990-1997 John Major Conservative
- 1997- Tony Blair Labour
The most important ministers…
The Prime minister chooses about twenty MPs from his or her party to become Cabinet Ministers. Each minister is responsible for a particular area of government.
The leader of the opposition also chooses MPs to take responsibility for opposing the government. They are known as the Shadow cabinet.
Whitehall
Politicians come and go, but the civil servants don’t change after every election. They work in ministries. Several ministries are in a street in London called Whitehall.
The most important ministers…
Responsibility
Minister
- Government spending
- Presents the Budget annually in March
- Lives at 11 Downing street
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
11 Downing Street
The home of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Foreign Secretary
Responsibility
- Relations with other countries
Home Secretary
Responsibility
- Internal relations
- The police
- Law and order
- Law courts
Do you know…
The answer…
The Cabinet is a committee of ministers
Queen Elizabeth II
Real name : Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
Birth : 21 April 1926 in London
Children : 3 sons, 1 daughter
The Queen is the head of state in her
constitutional role, has mostly
representative functions, gives the
royal assent to the bills.
Her Majesty the Queen ELISAVETA II
The official Queen’s residence is in Buckingham Palace.
A job for life
Every summer the Queen gives three or more royal garden parties at Buckingham Palace. About 8,000 guests come to each party. They drink about 27,000 cups of tea and eat 20,000 sandwiches and 20,000 pieces of cake. The Queen and other members of the royal family often travel abroad as guests of other countries
A job for life
So their life is quite busy. Besides, the Queen acts as head of the government - so every day she reads official papers from the government and once a week she has a meeting with the Prime Minister. She also has to read the report of the day from Parliament. Any law made by Parliament really becomes law only if the Queen agrees to it. But no king or queen has refused a new law since 1701!
Family Story
King George V,
Edward
Albert
Lady Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth 1926
Prince Philip of Greece
Margaret
Anne, 1950
Charles, 1948
- When Elisabeth was 13 she met Prince Philip of Greece. He was six years older than her. He came from the Greek royal family, but also had relatives in the Danish, Britain and Russian royal families. During the war he was in the Navy and that was when Elisabeth first saw him. Certainly at the time she was only a schoolgirl, but later they fell in love and in 1947 they got married.
- The next few years were very happy. They had their first children: a son, Charles, born in 1948, and daughter, Anne, born in 1950 .
- Exercise 1 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).
- Look! He (leave) the house.
- Quiet please! I (write) a test.
- She usually (walk) to school.
- But look! Today she (go) by bike.
- Every Sunday we (go) to see my grandparents.
- He often (go) to the cinema.
- We (play) Monopoly at the moment.
- The child seldom (cry) .
- I (not / do) anything at the moment.
- (watch / he) the news regularly?
- Who makes laws in the UK?
- What does the word “ monarchy ” mean?
- What is the role of monarch?
- What is the difference between the House of Commons and House of Lords?
- Who is the queen of the UK?
- When did the queen become the Queen of the UK?
Summary
- The term “Great Britain” is the expression
for The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- The head of the state is the Queen
- In GB the Parliament is made up of two chambers: The House of Commons and The House of Lords