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Her Majesty's Government (HMG; Welsh: Llywodraeth Ei Mawrhydi), commonly referred to as the British government, is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The government is led by the prime minister, who selects all the remaining ministers. The prime minister and the other most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as the Cabinet. The government ministers usually all sit in Parliament, and are accountable to it. The government is dependent on Parliament to make primary legislation, and since the Fixed-terms Parliaments Act 2011, general elections are held every five years to elect a new House of Commons, unless there is a successful vote of no confidence in the government in the House of Commons, in which case an election may be held in short order. After an election, the monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II) selects as prime minister the leader of the party most likely to command a majority of MPs in the House of Commons.
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the UK Parliament or the British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and its territories. Its head is the Sovereign of the United Kingdom (currently Queen Elizabeth II) and its seat is the Palace of Westminster in Westminster, London.
The parliament is bicameral, consisting of an upper house (the House of Lords) and a lower house (the House of Commons). The Sovereign forms the third component of the legislature (the Queen-in-Parliament). The House of Lords includes two different types of members: the Lords Spiritual, consisting of the most senior bishops of the Church of England, and the Lords Temporal, consisting of members of the peerage and life peers who are appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister. Prior to the opening of the Supreme Court in October 2009, the House of Lords also performed a judicial role through the Law Lords.
The House of Commons is the name of the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada and historically was the name of the lower houses of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and North Carolina. Roughly equivalent bodies in other countries which were once British colonies or federations thereof include the United States House of Representatives, the Australian House of Representatives, the New Zealand House of Representatives, and India's Lok Sabha.
In the UK and Canada, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the respective upper house of parliament. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons usually becomes the prime minister. Since 2010 the House of Commons of the United Kingdom has had 650 elected members, and since 2015 the House of Commons of Canada has had 338 members. The Commons' functions are to consider through debate new laws and changes to existing ones, authorise taxes, and provide scrutiny of the policy and expenditure of the Government. It has the power to give a Government a vote of no confidence.
A short animation that introduces the UK Parliament, looking at its history and how it works today. This is an ideal teaching resource for secondary students studying citizenship or Government & Politics View the whole film or skip to chapters: 1:08 Parliament Structure: the function and make-up of the three parts of Parliament. 2:46 Holding Government to Account: how Parliament checks and challenges the work of Government. 3:51 Making Laws: follow the making of a law from proposal to becoming an Act of Parliament. 5:10 Elections and Voting: the different types of election and a look in detail at the general election. 6:35 Your Voice: how to have a voice in Parliament, from voting to petitioning and campaigning. Subscribe to UK Parliament for more videos https://www.youtube.com/subscr...
Britain is adjusting to a new political landscape after a shock election victory for Prime Minister David Cameron that decapitated the opposition and bolstered secessionists in Scotland. Cameron's Conservatives won 331 of the 650 seats in parliament, giving the prime minister a second term in office -- this time with a majority for his centre-right party. VIDEOGRAPHIC
The media make it feel like we choose the Prime Minister. But we don't. So how do elections actually work? What are political parties? Are they necessary? And what role does the Queen play in all this? Written by LIAM BUTLER @angryflatcap JAY FOREMAN @jayforeman JON GRACEY @jongracey and PAUL KENDLER Presented / edited by JAY FOREMAN Filmed / directed by PAUL KENDLER Research / graphics by LIAM BUTLER
The two main systems of democratic government, Presidential vs. Parliamentary, explained. Free audiobook: http://www.audibletrial.com/TheDailyConversation Subscribe to TDC: https://www.youtube.com/TheDailyConversation/ Like our page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thedailyconversation Join us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/100134925804523235350/posts Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/thedailyconvo Music: "Promise Land" - Jingle Punks - YouTube Audio Library "The Way Out" - Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com "Rising" - Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com "Fight For This Planet" - AudioBlocks.com "Third Time" - Jingle Punks - YouTube Audio Library "Dramatic Chase Scene" - AudioBlocks.com "Lurking" - Silent Partner - YouTube Audio Library "On the Tip" - Jingle Punks - YouTube A...
2nd January 2015 Lies, lies and more lies. The UK Government, the British Establishment are guilty for crimes against the British people, crimes include supporting and aiding ISIL, ISIS, Al-quada and the rest. The destruction of the British Economy to suit there own special interest of fleecing the British Public. How much will you take before you realise, the true criminals is your own Government. Remain peaceful, but strong, call them out, hopefully with the help of other Nations, we can get these criminals arrested. Police do your job, Freemasonary in Britain has corrupted you. Good luck to all those for 2015, we must push on, they will try harder and more of us will be punished for telling the truth. Be strong, and stand firm. Love to all.
A fun and speedy guide to the role of UK Parliament, including the House of Commons, House of Lords and the monarchy, voiced by Rick Edwards. Use this video alongside other teaching resources from UK Parliament to help students understand the UK democratic system. Subscribe to UK Parliament for more videos https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=UKParliament Follow @UKParlEducation on Twitter for more resources and information. https://twitter.com/UKParlEducation
This Historical video made by war department and army pictorial service signal corps shows the traffic management system along China Burma India Theater (CBI) road passing through calcutta on Stilwell Road (Also known as Ledo Road). The Ledo Road or Stilwell Road was built during World War II so that the Western Allies could supply the Chinese as an alternative to the Burma Road which had been cut by the Japanese in 1942. Ledo Road was renamed as the Stilwell Road, after General Joseph Stilwell of the U.S. Army, in early 1945 at the suggestion of Chiang Kai-shek. The road was built by 15,000 American soldiers (60 percent of whom were African-Americans) and 35,000 local workers at a cost of US$150 million. 1,100 Americans died during the construction, as well as many more locals. As most of...
This video will be deleted at the end of July 2016. Watch an updated version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA3f7DNhtSo&list;=PLj3mInRJqIembDRZ2kdbf6oPbjkqNsPyb&index;=3 People often mistake Parliament with Government. Help your students understand the difference with this fun cartoon that explains the structure and purpose of Parliament. Watch our quick guide on How Parliament works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLTwQwXqWc Subscribe to UK Parliament for more videos https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=UKParliament Visit https://www.parliament.uk/education for teaching resources and information about school visits to Parliament
http://www.twitter.com/robertdgsmith - A collection of funny House of Commons moments showing British politics at its best (or, you may consider, worst)
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/ Sir Michael Caine has spoken to Sky News about his new film Harry Brown in which he plays a vigilante pensioner. The British actor told us how he is a right wing socialist, with capitalist leanings who is happy to pay tax, but really detests how the government spends it. Andrew Wilson went to meet the legendary actor.
An introduction to the various themes that will be covered during this lecture series. Speakers: Professor Tony Travers and Professor Simon Hix.
GLOBAL governments are preparing the world for an announcement that intelligent aliens exist and are already here on Earth, it has astonishingly been alleged. THE British government is involved in a cover up over the truth about aliens and UFOs. Do aliens exist? Hundreds of pictures and videos of UFOs are taken every year and enthusiasts believe many of them could be proof or even a hidden conspiracy. While some have been debunked as fake, there are still dozens that have left even the experts scratching their heads and wondering if we really have been visited by creatures from another planet. Watch next: British Monarchy Exposed https://youtu.be/mWI-g56W2qk Anonymous - We Know There Is Life on Other Planets https://youtu.be/D86gzs5PuBs Anonymous: NASA Says World Should Prepare For Vi...
Date: 14th July 2016 “Politics could do with some bloody difficult women, actually.” If the new UK PM Theresa May’s words are anything to go on, the EU must prepare for tough Brexit negotiations ahead. Her new cabinet is peppered with pro-Brexit campaigners & she has vowed to deliver on the wishes of Britons. With the economy, immigration, & a host of other issues on the line, will PM May be able to deliver? Most importantly, it remains to be seen how she will be able to deal with the other “ice queen” of the EU, Germany’s Angela Merkel, & the entire EU leadership, which seeks a quick Brexit. In this edition of the debate, we seek to understand the ramifications of this new British government coming into power. Watch Live: http://www.presstv.com/live.html Twitter: http://twit...
“The more a social engineer can make his contact seem like business as usual, the more he allays suspicion. When people don’t have a reason to be suspicious, it’s easy for a social engineer to gain their trust. Once he’s got your trust, the drawbridge is lowered and the castle door thrown open so he can enter and take whatever information he wants” (Kevin D Mitnick). “And Satan is worshipped by men under the name of Jesus; and Lucifer is worshipped by men under the name of Brahma; and Leviathan is worshipped by men under the name of Allah; and Belial is worshipped by men under the name of Buddha” (Aleister Crowley). “We don’t worship Satan, we worship ourselves using the metaphorical representation of the qualities of Satan. Satan is the name used by Judeo-Christians for that force of in...
They are the UK's most powerful arbiters of justice and now, for the first time, four of the Justices of the Supreme Court talk frankly and openly about the nature of justice and how they make their decisions. The film offers a revealing glimpse of the human characters behind the judgments and explores why the Supreme Court and its members are fundamental to our democracy. The 11 men and one woman who make up the UK Supreme Court have the last say on the most controversial and difficult cases in the land. What they decide binds every citizen. But are their rulings always fair, do their feelings ever get in the way of their judgments and are they always right? In the first 14 months of the court they have ruled on MPs' expenses, which led to David Chaytor's prosecution, changed the status...
What has the UK’s foreign policy brought to the world? Well according to Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn it has been terrorism, military intervention and occupation. Corbyn criticized the current British government, calling it is a coalition of chaos and said that the Conservative Party should move over because the Labour’s Party time has come to take the reins. Lets listen to parts of Corbyn's speech. Watch Live: http://www.presstv.com/live.html YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/videosptv/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/PressTV LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/PressTV Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PRESSTV Google+: http://plus.google.com/+VideosPTV Instagram: http://instagram.com/presstvchannel Dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/presstv
Theresa May explained her vision for a truly meritocratic Britain and reforms that will ensure there is a good school place for every child. Full text of the speech: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/britain-the-great-meritocracy-prime-ministers-speech Follow us on: www.gov.uk/number10 www.twitter.com/Number10gov www.facebook.com/10DowningStreet
TYT Politics reporter Michael Tracey (https://Twitter.com/mtracey) sits down with Kerry-Anne Mendoza, Editor-in-Chief & Co-Founder for The Canary, one of the largest progressive news outlets in the UK to discuss the UK election happening tomorrow. Who do you think will win the election and why? Do you think there are similarities between how Corbyn and Bernie were treated by mainstream media? Tell us what you think in the comment section below! Visit The Canary here: https://www.thecanary.co/ *** Follow Our Incredible Reporting Team On The Road! Subscribe to TYT Politics on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/TYTPolitics Like TYT Politics on Facebook: http://facebook.com/TYTPolitics Follow TYT Politics on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TYTPolitics
Changes since 1945, in particular, including the creation of a fully-democratic franchise, the development of mass welfare, the end of Empire, the increase in the scale of the State and demands for increased transparency and accountability. Speaker: Professor Kate Jenkins