Britisk politik: forfatning, Thatcher og Blair

Table of content

Table of content2

Introduction:3

The British Constitution:4

House of Commons:4

House of Lords:4

Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister:5

Tony Blair as Prime Minister:6

The Labour Party now:7

Conclusion:8

Bibliography:9

Introduction:

I will write about politics in Great Britain, because politics is a topic I have a great interest in, and have had for the last 5 years or so.

I will focus on:

The British Constitution?

Margaret Thatcher being prime minister.

Tony Blair being prime minister.

The Labour party now

The power in Britain now

I think this topic is important and interesting for people, because everyone has an opinion on this matter. You are either for or against the way the Prime ministers have managed to do their jobs. And of course I want to inform people about how the British Constitution is.

The British Constitution:

Almost every country has a constitution that defines the rights and obligations of the people. And many people see it as a contract between the government and the citizens, but Great Britain doesn’t have such a document (no written constitution). Instead their constitution is based on: statute law, Common law, EU law and Customs of Parliament. So the thing that makes the UK Constitution so special is that it’s unwritten and flexible. Even though they have monarchy in Britain it is constitutional, which means that the Queen reigns but she doesn’t rule. So everything which is governmental is carried out by the politicians, but in the name of the Monarch. As said, the Monarch has no formal power. But even though she doesn’t have any formal power, she has some formal roles. She has to: sign all laws, appoint important people (such as judges and ministers), dissolve and summon Parliament, and give the Queen’s Speech when new parliamentary sessions begins (this she does on the behalf of the prime minister).The Parliament in Britain is bi-cameral, consisting of the House of Commons, and the House of Lords.