Democracy

Democracy

1. Parliment

   • House of Commons
     • Main power of parliament
     • Member of Parliment
       • Job of an MP
         • An MP's job is to represent their constituents in any and all ways possible. There are two ways an MP can represent and help their constituents either in their constituency or in parliament
         • In their Constituency
           • Is where a good MP will be involved with their constituency they can do this by responding to constituents letters, holding MP's surgeries, Attending local meetings, going on fact finding visits and finally contacting local councillors
         • In Parliament
           • Parliament is where an MP can take action trying to help their constituents they can do this by participating in debates, voting aye or no on a bill, joining a select committee, and participating in either the 10 minute rule, PM question time
   • House of Lords
     • The House of Lords acts like a back up decision maker they are experienced profesionals in their own field of expertise and were offered the job these are people like Lord Alan Sugar who are there in the House of Lords to scrutinize bills and ensure the HoC is not using their power for themselves but for the country
     • Types of Lords
       • Their are several types of Lords such as the:Hereditary Lords :- these are Lords who have been given the title by their parents the number of Hereditary Lords was shortened by a large amount as the Government seen it unfair Law Lords :- these are Lords who are the best lawyers in the UK they earned their title by hard work and dedication to their job these Lords hold their title till death Lord Spiritual :- these are Lords who have gained their title as part of the job they only keep it as long as they keep their job these are Archbishops and Bishops of the church of England Life Peers :- are individuals who have been given their title from past and present PM's who choose names randomly from a box Life peers are made up of a wide variety of individuals such as past PM's, Successful people from the Business world, well known performing artists and many others
     • Job of a Lord

2. Pressure Groups

3. Election 2015

   • Political Parties
     • Different Parties
       • Liberal Democrats
         • The Liberal Democrats are one of the five main political parties at the Moment the party leader is Nick Clegg yet an election for a new leader will be decided by the 16th of July 2015
       • Labour
         • Labour is one of the five most popular parties and the party leader was Ed Miliband but he stood down after failing to win the election and currently11 labour members are running for party leader including his brother David Miliband and Chuka Umunna
       • UKIP
         • UKIP is a Britian first group with less radical ideal basically they do come across a bit racist though and the leader of UKIP is Nigel Farage despite his resignation earlier in the week it was rejected so he stays as party leader
       • SNP
         • The SNP is a political party based on Scottish intrests they focus on us mainly and the party leader is Nicola Sturgeon
       • Conservatives
         • Conservatives are the favourite of the five main parties as they won the election David Cameron is the Party Leader
     • Party Policies
       • party policies are the promises a party says they will put into place if they get into power
       • Conservatives
         • The Conservatives party policies are based on helping us for every challenge we face they promise to provide:- Better Health Care Places at good schools for children A good economy so that people will have good careers with decent incomes Help when buying a home Support with childcare Better retirement facilities
       • Labour
       • Liberal Democrats
       • SNP
       • UKIP
   • Facts
   • Comparison of last election
     • The main difference between this years and the last election is the fact that last election we had a coalition
   • Winners
     • Conservatives won the 2015 general election

4. Voting system

   • Their are various types of voting techniques the two used in the UK are FPTP and AMS
   • First Past the Post
   • Additional Members System

5. Executive

   • Prime Minister
     • The priminister is an elected (by the party) member of a party that wins the election he runs the country
     • Powers of the Prime Minister
       • Appointment
         • The Prime minister can give someone a better job within parliament or premote them
       • Party Leader
         • Benefits the PM as he controls them and can pass more laws with there help
       • Chairperson of the Cabinet
         • The PM can decide what bills to talk about and leave the ones he wants till last so that they will go on and become laws as they ran out of time at meeting, Also the chairperson of  the cabinet decides what is decided at the meetings so he can discuss any law he wants passed.
       • Demote
         • The Prime minister can sack or ensure that they are moved down within parliament, lower position in parliament (kick them out of the Cabinet)
   • Cabinet
     • The Cabinet is like a board meeting where all members have been appointed to a special position where they are in charge of an area such as the secretary of Defence and the Home secretary are both in the cabinet and were appointed their position by the Prime Minister
     • Members
     • Job of the Cabinet
       • Dealing with Legislation
       • Debate
       • Court of Appeal

Imagens e arquivos do mapa