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Brown vs. Cameron during Queen's Speech debate
 The
United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy. Government is voted
into power by the people, to act in the interests of the people.
Every adult has the right to vote - known as ‘universal suffrage’
Parliament is the highest law making authority in the United
Kingdom. It consists of three parts:-
• House of Commons
• House of Lords
• Crown
Members of the House of Commons are directly elected by the people
of the United Kingdom in General Elections which take place every
four to five years. The adult population of the UK chooses a
candidate to represent each constituency in the House of Commons.
Every Member of Parliament has to stand for re-election each time
there is a General Election.
Alongside this system, the UK is also a constitutional monarchy.
This is a situation where there is an established monarch (currently
Queen Elizabeth II), who remains politically impartial and with
limited powers.
There are 646 constituencies in the UK, each electing one MP to
serve in the House Of Commons. Teddington School is in the
Twickenham and Teddington constituency.
Our MP is Vincent Cable and he is a senior member of the Liberal Democrat
party. He has often visited us at school. This is what he said
“Teddington is a good and popular secondary school which merits
support
"The ballot is
always stronger than the bullet."
Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865) |