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Political strucure of Great Britain
POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF GREAT BRITAIN
Britain - or, more accurately, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland - is a constitutional monarchy.It has a monarch - either a king or a queen - as its Head of State, but the monarch has very little power. The Queen reigns but she does not rule. Parliament and the existing government have the power.The United Kingdom does not have a written constitution or printed set of rules for governing the country.The rules have developed over the centuries. The constitution (or the present unwritten set of rules) has been formed in three ways: 1. by all the laws and decrees that have been made for centuries,2. by the way these laws have been interpreted in the Law Courts in the past and are now re-interpreted from time to time,3. by the way things have been done for centuries, although some of these practices have never been formally written down.If there is enough pressure from the public for change, it is comparatively easy to change such a flexible constitution. The executive power is vested in the king and the Parliament made up of 2 Houses - the House of Lords and the House of Commons, the supreme legislative body.Britain is a democracy; men and women over 18 years have a vote. Voting
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