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23 Cards in this Set
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cabinet
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top members of the UK government who assist the prime minister and run the major ministries
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Celtic fringe
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refers to Scotland and Wales, which werent conquered by the Angles & Saxons
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collective responsibility
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tradition that requires all members of the cabinet either to support the government policy or to resign
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collectivist consensus
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postwar consensus btwn the UK's major parties to build & sustain a welfare state
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common law
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legal system based on custom & precedent rather than formal legal codes
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commonwealth
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organization that includes the UK & most of its former colonies
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confederation of British Industry (CBI)
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the UK's most important group representing the private sector
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crown
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refers to the British monarchy, sometimes to the British state
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english civil war
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seventeeth-century conflict btwn parliament & the monarch, temporarily eliminated & weakened the monarchy
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good friday agreement
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historic 1998 accord btwn Protestants & Catholics, Northern Ireland, ended decades of violence
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hereditary peers
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seats in the house of lords that were granted to aristocratic families in perpetuity but largely eliminated by recent legislation
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house of commons
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lower house of UK legislature
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house of lords
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upper house of UK legislature
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life peers
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distinguished members of society who are given lifetime appointments to the house of lords
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magna carta
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1215 document signed by King John- limited monarchical powers
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majoritarian
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term describing the virtually unchecked power of a parliamentary majority
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member of Parliament (MP)
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individual legislator in house of commons
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quangos
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quasi-autonomous nongovernmental orgs that assist the government in making policy
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Scottish nationalist party (SNP)
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party seeking Scottish independence
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Margaret Thatcher
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conservative PM 1979-1990
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third way
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term describing recent policies of the Labour left that embrace the free market
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trades union congress (TUC)
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the UK's largest trade union confederation
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vote of no confidence
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legislative check on government whereby a gov deems a measure to be of high importance...if that measure fails to pass legislation, either the gov resigns or new parliamentary elections must be called
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