Politics Political Parties and the Prime Minister

What are they?

Groups of people that think similar things

Can you name some?Conservative

Labour

Liberal Democrats

UKIP

Green Party

BNP – British national party

Monster Raving Loony Party

BASICS

The Party that gets the most votes becomes the government

The leader of this Party becomes the Prime Minister

David Cameron

Gordon Brown

Tony Blair

John Major

Margaret Thatcher

James Callaghan

Articulate

Who is Prime Minister and what does he do?

David Cameron

Nick Clegg is deputy

He’s an MP in the House of Commons

Votes on laws

Lives at 10 Downing Street

Chooses members of the party to act as ‘ministers’ of particular departments: Health, defence, foreign, education.

Your CountryGet into groups and decide the name of your political party

What do you want to change in school?New uniform?

Longer lunch time?

A new club?

Make posters

Tell the class what you have decided and vote

Add a picture of your Prime Minister to your country