United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a parliamentary democracy. The Head of State is the Queen Elizabeth II but her role is strictly symbolic. So‚ although she opens and dissolves Parliament and laws are passed in her name‚ the Queen herself plays no part in decisions made in Parliament. She has only little direct power and she generally acts on the advice of the Prime Minister with whom she has weekly business meetings. Unlike many contries Britain has an unwritten constitution
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England Thousands of people gather in central London for New Year celebrations‚ including fireworks at the London Eye at midnight The United Kingdom’s celebrations are noticeably divided among the three nations that compose it: England‚ Scotland‚ Northern Ireland and Wales. In England‚ clocks symbolize the transition that occurs at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. The celebration in London focuses on Big Ben‚ the bell and by association‚ the clock housed in the clock tower at the Palace
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A royal salute to the Commonwealth Peter Osborne is the author of the text which is written in 2011. The duke and duchess of Cambridge were visiting Canada‚ and Peter Osborne wrote the article “A royal salute to the Commonwealth”. In the article he expresses his opinion about the Commonwealth. Today there are about 54 member countries‚ and the article is a debate about the Commonwealth‚ and whether it should abolish or not. In addition Peter Osborne is questioning what is going too happened when
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The history of the education system Why did it take the industrial revolution before the government intervened and made education compulsory? It took the industrial revolution before education was made compulsory because the revolution highlighted the issues of child labour and many different child labour protection acts were passed. These acts led to an alternative action of education for children instead and so the education act of 1870 was passed which gave education to all classes. How
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The British Parliament is the oldest in the world. It originated in th 12th century as Witenagemot‚ the body of wise counselors whom the King needed to consult pursuing his policy. The British Parliament consists of the House of Lords and the House of Commons and the Queen as its head. The House of Commons plays the major role in law-making. It consists of Members of Parliament (called MPs for short). Each of them represents an area in England‚ Scotland‚ Wales and Northern Ireland. MPs are elected
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Parliament examines what the Government is doing‚ makes new laws‚ holds the power to set taxes and debates the issues of the day. The House of Commons and House of Lords each play an important role in Parliament’s work and it make parliament what it is. Both parties have a role in keeping the executive into check by scrutinising them‚ also making them accountable is such things as question time and taking some of the power away from the executive to stop any possible coercive power and to Firstly
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The impact of United Kingdom Tourism on the Employment rate. Source : Travel and Tourism Economic Impacts 2012 United Kingdom UK Tourism had generated 938‚500 jobs in 2011 which is 3.0% of total employment in the UK economy. The Tourism employment includes airlines‚ transportation service‚ hotels‚ restaurant‚ travel agents and leisure industries directly and indirectly supported by tourism. According to the data‚ there is a decrease from year 2002 to year 2005. Fords end 90 years of British
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European Parliament History Founded in 1952 as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and renamed the European Parliamentary Assembly in 1958‚ it became the European Parliament in 1962. The first direct elections took place in 1979. The current MEPs were elected during the 2009 elections and will serve until 2014. The evolution of the Parliament is closely linked to a succession of treaties culminating in the current Lisbon Treaty. These treaties define the
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EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENT; Parliaments organize themselves effectively to carry out their key functions. Although ‘effectiveness’ may not at first sight seem a distinctively democratic value‚ it becomes so where the functions performed are those necessary to the working of the democratic process: law making‚ oversight of the executive‚ financial control‚ and so on. Electorates are not well served if parliaments do not have sufficient resources to carry out these functions‚ or are wasteful or ineffective
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Assess the sociological explanations for ethnic differences in educational achievement Studies have been done and the results show that the ethnic groups most likely to have degrees are; Chinese (31%) this may be because Chinese view education as a very important thing and the parents tend to be more strict for example with homework and behaviour. Then it’s the Indian race (25%) this could be because a lot of the Indian are middle class so they have the money to pay for top resources such as laptops
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