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| The British System has an awul lot of good aspects. Something is strange with both the US and the UK system. Until recently, both discriminated catholics! |
The British System has an awfull lot of good aspects. Something is strange with both the US and the UK system. Until recently, both discriminated catholics! |
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| In Britain, the Monarch can neither be nor be married to a catholic. |
In Britain, the Monarch can neither be nor be married to a catholic. |
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| What about the Bushs? The first Bush was from the Church of England. The second one (current President of the US) is officially a Methodologist -- he has mainly been "born again". |
What about the Bushs? The first Bush was from the Church of England. The second one (current President of the US) is officially a Methodologist -- he has mainly been "born again". |
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++ No Checks and Balances |
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| The UK system does not work the way the US one does. |
The UK system does not work the way the US one does. There's the parliament, with the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The House of Lords has virtually unlimited powers. |
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It's a missnormal, that one gets into the House of Lords through Inheritance. The truth more often than not is, that only a small part is heritary. |
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+++ The House of Lords |
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* Heriditory Peers, most: life peers (former prime ministers, cabinet members, etc.) |
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* Bishop of church of england |
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* Can delay a law for a year |
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* High level factfinding / debotig (?) institution |
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The house of Lords investigates complex laws. They do a good job in that but have no sense of politics. |
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The Law Lord: are officially the highest court, but don't discuss government. |
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Blair would like an Supreme court like in US, but that has been delayed because of 9-11. |
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In Britain, each district has an election. |
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The Labour party has 40 % of the vontes, a large amount are members in the house of commons. |
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In Austria, you have an indirect election. The party gets a ticket for choosing a chancelor, which is similar to the british system. |
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In Britain, The Monarch has very little Power. The British System is not totalitarian. |
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The party discipline is high, unlike in US. Everyone of the party follows the party line. |
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Blair could lose the next election because of his Pro Iraq attitude. The Conservatives of the House of Commons supported war in Iraq, but the Labour party in the House of Commons was against it. |
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