Referendums are devices for obtaining extra legitimacy for policy proposals or for reducing internal party disputes over party alternatives. They tend to replace the normal role of parliament and are a form of direct democracy‚ although initiation comes from the government and not the governed. There is an indication of the growing frequency of the use of referendums as a way of legitimising policies or appealing to the public beyond divided party structures. What was seen as non-British‚ inconsistent
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of an Unwritten Constitution in the UK The UK has an unwritten constitution unlike the U.S.A. Instead Britain’s laws‚ policies and codes are developed through statutes‚ common law‚ convention and more recently E.U law. It is misleading to call the British constitution unwritten; a more precise form of classification would be un-codified. This means that the British constitution has no single document‚ which states principles and rules of a state. However‚ The
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Mini project a) All my great-grandparents were Italian immigrants who stablished themselves in Colombo‚ South of Brazil‚ around the end of the 1800s. They were speakers of Veneto‚ a variety of Italian spoken in the North of Italy until nowadays‚ and so was the second generation. The third generation‚ my parents‚ are capable of understanding it‚ but not always of speaking it. My father would communicate with his parents exclusively in Veneto‚ but in Portuguese in any other social context. My mother
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Investment into the UK through TNC’s is important as it transfers technology‚ skills and innovation to the UK. FDI is particularly important in the UK’s automotive industry with 25% of Ford’s engines being sourced from Dagenham in Essex. However‚ there is the issue that The British government has limited power to influence decisions made by foreign trans-national companies when it comes to them relocating and offshoring. This means thousands of people in the UK can face redundancy with the UK government
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Discuss the economic advantages and disadvantages to the UK of participation in the European single currency (Euro). Will British businesses be better or worse off if the country decides to participate? Introduction of Euro in the world’s monetary union is a milestone. Eleven countries were going to create EMU at the beginning‚ now there is a long queue to join in EMU. Most of the EMU members get more advantage then disadvantage to join in Euro. Euro creates a large market in the Eurozone. Three
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The United Kingdom (UK) consists of England‚ Wales‚ Scotland (who together make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. The UK’s geography is varied‚ and includes cliffs along some coastlines‚ highlands and lowlands and many islands off the coast of Scotland. The highest mountain is Ben Nevis in Scotland which reaches a height of 1 344m. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The main chamber of parliament is the lower house‚ the House of Commons‚ which has
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The positive side of Immigrations Many people from all over the world move to America and this number of immigrants in the America has steadily grown. Shockingly‚ “the number of immigrants living in U.S. increased by 2.4 million” (A Nation of Immigrants). They are moving to United State because of the amenities that it has. They leave everything behind for that “American dream”. Those dreamers come to America looking for new opportunities‚ freedom‚ better lifestyles‚ etc. They are looking for the
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applied for non-immigrant visa like tourist/visitor’s visa to travel to the United States of America‚ and you received the blue letter (Visa refusal) from your consular officer after your interview; this indicates your application was refused under Section 214(b) in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). You were unable to sufficiently prove to the consular officer that you’re eligible for the nonimmigrant visa category you applied for‚ or you didn’t overcome the presumption of immigrant intent by
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Initially‚ immigrants arrived mainly from northern and western Europe‚ as they had before the Civil War; the largest groups came from England‚ Ireland‚ Germany‚ and Scandinavia. From the mid-1880s until World War I began in 1914‚ the number of newcomers from southern‚ eastern‚ and central Europe increased. Among the new immigrants were also Greeks‚ Romanians‚ and Italians‚ mainly from southern Italy or Sicily. Record numbers of immigrants arrived in the United States‚ some 9 million from 1880 to
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social diversity. More cultures are placed into areas with hundreds if not thousands of other cultures and soon the society becomes greatly diverse. Looking into the past‚ immigrant workers were responsible for the construction of this nation. This is indeed a nation built off the sweat of immigrant workers from the world over. Immigrants have given enough to this nation to be recognized as key aspects of this nation’s past. Through the process of immigration this nation has grown and expanded. Immigration
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