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| Queen Elizabeth II (since Feb. 6 1952) |
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| Prime Minister Gordon Brown (since June 27 2007) |
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| Human development index rating |
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| Legislative-executive system |
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| Legislative-executive system |
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| Unitary or federal division of power |
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| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
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| Electoral system for lower house |
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SMD single member district based on plurality
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| Conservative party, less state involvment |
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| head of state, continuity of British state |
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| main branches of government |
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| crown, legislature, judiciary, prime minister, cabinet |
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| whole cabinet takes responsibility |
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| distinguished citizens appointed for life by the Crown upon the recommendation of the prime minister |
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| component of House of Lords, members of the aristocracy who until recently have been able to pass off their seat/position to their offspring |
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| centralized, unitary state |
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| no formal powers are reserved for regional or local government |
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| between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland has allowed for the reestablishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly |
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| conservative Tory. projected more centrist image overtook Labour in opinion polls |
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| Liberal Democratic Leader, UK's youngest party leader |
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| policy advisory boards appointed by the government that bring government officials and affected interest groups together to help develop policy |
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| Trades Union Congress TUC |
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| a confederation of the UK's largest trade unions, is the most important British interest group. (Labour Party) |
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| Confederation of British Industry (CBI) |
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| most important business organization, main counterweight to the TUC |
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| Northern Ireland Religion |
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| Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) |
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| local nationalist party, help turn over some central-governmental powers to the regions |
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