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Scottish National Party
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is a centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish independence
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genetically modified GM
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refers to food that has been genetically altered it includeds things like water melon with out seeds
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Irish republican army IRA
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an Irish republican revolutionary military organization
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regional development agencies ( RDA)
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Their mission is to spread economic prosperity and opportunity to everyone in the nine regions of England.
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house of lords
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upper house of Parliament in the United Kingdom, made up of members of the nobility and high-ranking clergy.
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house of commons
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The lower house of the parliament of Britain. It includes representatives from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, all elected by the people. It is more powerful than the House of Lords, the upper house of parliament. The leader of the ruling party in the House of Commons is the prime minister of Britain; the prime minister chooses a cabinet composed mainly of members of the House of Commons.
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parliamentary sovereignty
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The doctrine that states "Parliament can do anything except bind its successor", which is the official ideology of the British constitution
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liberal democrats
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political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party, they are the third-largest party in the UK Parliamenta member or supporter of the Liberal Democrats, a British centrist political party that advocates proportional representation.
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two party system-
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a form of party system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections, at every level.
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