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Basic informations
• Country name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• UK is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system
• In fact, it is a parliamentary monarchy
The UK Parliament
• The supreme1 body of legislatures2
• Third component: The Queen• Bicameral3: consisting4 of the House of
Commons and the House of Lords• Seat5: the Palace of Westminster in London
House of Commons6
• The lower house7 of Parliament• Democratically elected body• Consisting of 650 members, who usually
belong to a political party• The Commons have supremacy over the Lords• Leader: Andrew Lansley, Conservative;
Shadow Leader: Angela Eagle, Labour; Speaker: John Bercow
House of Lords
• The upper house8 of Parliament• Independent9 from the Commons• 826 members currently10
• Two types: Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual• Leader: Lord Strathclyde, Conservative;
Opposition Leader: Baroness de Royall of Blaisdon, Labour; Lord Speaker: Baroness D´Souza
British Monarch
• The Sovereign11
• “His/Her Majesty12”• The constitutional monarch of 16 states –
Commonwealth • The Supreme Governor13 of the Church of
England
Elizabeth II
• Elizabeth Alexandra May• Born 21 April 1926 to King George VI and
Elizabeth The Queen Mother• Coronation14: 2 June 1953• Spouse15: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh• Children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, Edward
Prime minister of the UK
• David William Donald Cameron• Prime minister of the United Kingdom• First Lord of the Treasury17
• Minister of the Civil Service• Leader of the Conservative Party• Residence: 10 Downing Street
Conservative Party
• Centre-right party• Blue Colour• Ideology: British unionism, soft euro-
scepticism, conservatism• 177 000 members, 306 Commons, 217 Lords• Leader: David Cameron (Prime Minister)• Known members: Margaret Thatcher
Labour Party
• Centre-left party• Red colour• Social Democracy• 193 961 members, 285 Commons, 212 Lords• Leader: Ed Miliband (Leader of the
Opposition)• Known members: Clement Attlee, Tony Blair,
Gordon Brown (preceding18 Prime Minister)
Liberal Democrats
• Radical centre to centre-left party• Yellow colour• Ideology: liberalism, social liberalism, cultural
liberalism)• 57 Commons, 79 Lords• Leader: Nick Clegg (Deputy19 Prime Minister)