Great Britain is a unitary state with a parliamentary monarchy, in which Queen Elizabeth II leads the United Kingdom and 15 other countries that make up the independent Commonwealth. It is not entirely correct to believe that monarchs occupy a symbolic role in the political structure of Great Britain, but the constitution and the existing parties are still its basis.
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The Parliament of Great Britain is based on the Westminster system, which implies a parliamentary system of government based on democracy. The British Parliament is divided into two chambers, which sit at the Palace of Westminster. This is the famous House of Commons and House of Lords.
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Any document they accept must go through the Royal Assent procedure before becoming effective law. The Parliament of Great Britain is the only legislative institution in the country, since such government bodies in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are not sovereign and can be abolished.
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The head of the country's government is the prime minister, who is elected by the decision of the members of the House of Commons. Usually the leader of the most popular political party becomes him. After the vote, the Prime Minister is officially appointed by the decision of the monarch, after which the current government is formed, and now the government of Her Majesty. At the same time, the cabinet of ministers is appointed only at the request of the prime minister.
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The country's political system is a three-party scheme made up of Conservatives, Labor and Liberal Democrats. The rest of the government entities are very small in number. For example, in 2010, these three parties won 622 seats in the House of Commons out of a possible 650. The Liberal Democratic Party is the third most popular in the country and was formed in 1988, the Labor, or Workers, party dates back to 1900, and the Conservative - the oldest - from the 70s of the 17th century.
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Absolutely all party formations in Great Britain, of which there are eight, are divided into 5 categories. So the "environmentalists" or "greens" or the Green Party of England and Wales, together with the communists or the "democratic left", form the so-called "left" direction; The Workers' or Socialist Party belongs to the center-left; Liberal democracies, or the Liberal Party - towards the centrists; The "conservatives" or representatives of the Conservative Party - to the center-right, and the United Kingdom Independence Party, or "Eurosceptic" party, together with the British National Party, or the Nationalist Party - to the ultra-right.
