British political system

a constitutional monarchy (the monarch the symbol of the country)

British monarch is the head of the country Queen Elizabeth II. represents the country
the Prime Minister
o the head of the government
o the leader of the stronger party
o member of the House of Representatives
o Gorden Brown (from June 2007) leader of the Labour Party; before T. Blair
3 essential rights:
o to be consulted (consult political things)
o the right to advise (the right to say what she thinks)
o the right to warn
The Queen has meetings (once a week) with the Prime Minister, he informs her what is new

The Queen
highest representative of church (the head of the church)
not express her political opinions she is neutral
The Parliament
bicameral (2 chambers)
o House of Commons
646 MP (members of parliament)
elected (the most popular from some verge/ ward (obvod)
o House of Lords
they give suggestions, but do not create a law
in the past it was ferreted (ddin)- to be a member
hereditary members (but now, only few of all)
bishops of the Church of England
appointed of members (life peers) members until they die, but dont have the
hereditary law (vtinou za zsluhy, jmenovni krlovnou)
propose amendments- give, expose ideas
the right to veto (the house of C. has to rewrite the law)
the final court of appeal (nejvy soud)
Political system
2 party political system
o The Laber Party- G.Brawn, T.Blair
to built new flats
the left wing party
o The Conservative Party- D.Cameron
to reduce immigration
Scotland
has its own parliament
the Laber and Conservative party
the strongest- Scottish National Party (SNP)

The U. S. A.

the oldest federation (50 states + Washington D.C.- it doesnt belong to anyone)
3 levels of government- federal (1), state (50), local (many)
the states are devise into counties
3 brunches of power

executive
the president
head of the government
appoints the minister
the right veto
the commander-in-chief of the armed forces
o judicial
the Supreme Court lower federal courts
every state has its own laws
o legislative
the Congress
makes federal laws
the Senat, the House of Representatives
power of impeachment (can remove members of government)
2 political parties- the Democratic party x the Republican
o