British Politics Flashcards

(45 cards)

1
Q

Who owns the sun ?

A

News uk

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2
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Headquarters of British politics

Loc

A

Westminster

1

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3
Q

Who won the 1992 election? PM

A

Major

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4
Q

E B,Dictatorship?

A
Monarch
Difference between the parties 
Ownership
One government
Elections
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5
Q

1st jewish pm

A

Disraeli

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6
Q

Bojo

A

Johnson

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7
Q

Lower house

A

Commons

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8
Q

Disraeli party

A

Conservative

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9
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Founder of the Labour party

loc

A

Keir Hardie

1 tip

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10
Q

Which law involves individual disputes

A

Civil

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11
Q

Which minister is in charge of the police/ security services

A

Home secretary May

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12
Q

Which court deals with criminal cases

A

Crown

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13
Q

Which courts deal with civil cases

A

County

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14
Q

What is the highest court in the land?

A

House of Lords

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15
Q

Name of lawyers who are qualified barristers

A

Bar

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16
Q

Removal of financial assets until payment

A

Sequestration

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17
Q

Courts not influencing government

A

Judicial restraint

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18
Q

Human rights act year

A

1998

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19
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Bodies that reflect opinions of the public

20
Q

Laws apply to the whole of the community

21
Q

Peerages that are of a result of inherited within the family

A

Hereditary peerages

22
Q

Document issued that sets out proposals on a topic of current concern

23
Q

Who was PM during the Westland Affair

24
Q

MP’s behind in the house of parliament

25
Who shot Percival
John Bellingham
26
Politicians that know little beyond politics
Career politicians
27
Served as political apprenticeships
Political staffers
28
System enforced by the party whips
Whipping system
29
Willing to act according to their own will
Maverick
30
Servants of the crown
Civil servants
31
Each member having equal influence
Cabinet
32
Bringing together civil servants and experts
Task force
33
Granting of favours or rewards
Patronage
34
Cabinet/ former cabinet, distinguished persons appointed by the monarch
Privy council
35
Non elected administrative officers
Bureaucrats
36
Public amenities into private hands
Privatisation
37
Contracting out
Outsourcing
38
Commons loc
2
39
Lords loc
1
40
Sun newspaper loc
1
41
Type of state
unitary state
42
County sym
abacus
43
Labour year founded
1900
44
1st PM Labour
Ramsay McDonald
45
Colour associated with labour
red