Government
the form of government in the UK
What is unitary (can add that it has some devolution)?
Name the two houses of the bicameral legislature
What is the House of Lords and House of Commons?
The name for the UK leaving the EU
What is Brexit?
The nickname of the beloved Queen of England
Lilibet
An ethnic cleavage in the UK
What is Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland?
What is tradition, unwritten constitution, rule of law?
the way to remove a Prime Minister
What is a vote of no confidence?
What is a pound?
The current Prime Minister
Who is Rishi Sunak?
What is the Good Friday Agreement?
two of the UK's major political parties
What is Conservative, Labor, Liberal Democrats, Scottish National Party?
the way that Members of Parliament are elected
What is Single Member Districts, First Past the Post?
The former prime minister who believed in trickle down economics
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
The Prime Minister responsible for Brexit
Boris Johnson
a historic religious cleavage in the UK (that is not as prevalent today)
Catholic/Protestant in Northern Ireland
Name the document that first stated that a king and his government are not above the law
What is the Magna Carta?
Name two ways one can be in the House of Lords
hereditary, partly elected, part appointed by the King at the recommendation of the PM
The name of the Treaty that founded the EU
The number of days Liz Truss was Prime Minister
What is 49?
The industry that is currently striking in the UK
Who are healthcare workers?
two powers the House of Lords has
What is delay legislation, debate technicalities, and add amendments?
The way that members of Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland are elected to Parliament
What is proportional representation?
The vocab word for the program that looks to reduce the spending of the welfare state
What is austerity?
The Labor Party candidate who served as Prime Minster from 1997-2007
Who is Tony Blair?
The name of the accent associated with the lower class.
What is cockney?