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Case Study: UK Flashcards

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Labour Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007

He was considered a big deal to be elected because he was not part of the ruling British Party

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Tony Blair

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Refers to the British monarchy and sometimes but not usually to the British state; head of state

There is a Netflix show literally called this don’t over think it

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Crown

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Lower house in the UK legislature

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House of Commons

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Top members of the UK government who assist the prime minister and run the major ministries

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Cabinet

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Tradition that requires all members of the cabinet either to support government policy or to resign

this is an example of power residing in parliament and checks on the executive in the UK.

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Collective Responsibility

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British Exit from the European Union, realized in a 2016 referendum

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Brexit

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Aristocratic family members with seats in the House of Lords; these seats were largely eliminated by recent legislation

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Hereditary Peers

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Organization that includes the United Kingdom and most of its former colonies

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Commonwealth

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Conservative Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016; resigned following the Brexit referendum, which he campaigned against

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David Cameron

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Refers to Scotland and Wales, which were not conquered by the Angles and the Saxons

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Celtic Fringe

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Outspoken leader of the UK Independence Party( UKIP ) until 2016 and member of the European Parliament

He aided Boris Johnson in making Brexit possible because he held many of the same beliefs

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Nigel Farage

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Postwar consensus between the United Kingdom’s major parties to build and sustain welfare state

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Collectivist Consensus

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Legal system based on local customs and precedent rather than formal legal codes

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Common law

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Seventeenth - century conflict between Parliament and the monarch that temporarily eliminated and permanently weakened the monarchy

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English Civil War

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Leader of the opposition Labour party from 2015 to 2020

He was apart of peaceful endeavors such as decelerating nuclear arms in Britain

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Jeremy Corbyn

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The United Kingdom’s most important group representing the private sector

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Confederation of British Industry ( CBI )

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One of the United Kingdom’s two largest parties ( if not the largest one ) in government since 2010

Boris Johnson in an attempt to uphold party ideals incited Brexit on account of keeping British liberties the way that they were

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Conservatives ( Tories )

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Historic 1998 accord between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland that ended decades of violence

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Good Friday Agreement

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Upper house of UK’s legislature, whose reform is currently being debated

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House of Lords

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An election result in which no party wins a majority of parliamentary seats, such as the 2010 and 2017 parliamentary elections

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Hung Parliament

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British Prime Minister and member of the conservative party who was instrumental in the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU

He is also known for being brash and was seen out partying during COVID and when the queen of England’s husband was dead.

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Boris Johnson

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One of the UK’s two largest parties; since 2010, it has been the party in opposition

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Labour Party

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Centrist third party in the UK and junior member of a coalition government from 2010 to 2015

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Liberal Democratic Party

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Historically the UK’s first opposition party; one of its two major political parties until the early twentieth century

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Liberals ( whigs )

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Distinguished members of society who are given lifetime appointments to the House of Lords

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Life peers

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The 1215 document signed by King John that set precedent for limited monarchial powers

Since the UK does not have a constitution, this document was the only thing that checked power between the government, monarch and the peoples effects from that power.

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Magna Carta

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Term describing the virtually unchecked power of a parliamentary majority in the UK political system

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Majoritarian

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Prime Minister of the UK and leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019

Part of the regaining surge of conservatism, she was a friend of trump as well

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Theresa May

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An individual legislature in the House of Commons

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Member of Parliament

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A set of policies championed by Thatcher’s Conservative government in the 1980’s , aimed at diminishing the role of the state in the economy

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Neoliberalism

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North Eastern portion of Ireland that is part of the UK also known as Ulster

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Northern Ireland

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UK Legislative Body

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Parliament

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Head of the government

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Prime Minister

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Quasi - autonomous non governmental organizations that assist the government in making policy

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Quangos

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Nationalist political party promoting Scottish Independence, currently in control of the Scottish regional government

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Scottish National Party

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Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990

known for her fortifying neoliberalist stance on the economy and government

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Margaret Thatcher

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Name given to the three decades of extreme ethnic conflict (late 1960’s to late 1990’s) between Northern Ireland’s nationalists or republicans, who are mostly Catholic, and unionists or loyalists, who are mostly protestants.

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The Troubles

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Term describing recent policies of the Labour Party that embrace the free market

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Third Way

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A confederation of the UK’s largest trade unions

often times found backing the Labour Party

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Trade Union Congress

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Populist and Eurosceptic political party favoring British exist from the European Union

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United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)

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Official name of the entire British state and territories

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Vote taken by the legislature as to whether its members continue to support the current prime minister; depending on the country, this thing can force the resignation of the prime minister and/or lead to new parliamentary elections as well

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Vote of no confidence

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