This story is an allegory describing a classic tale of a tussle between good and evil- one that has probably been in existence since creation. Upon manifestations of the signs of a long foretold prophecy describing the end of a force of evil, Bilbo Baggins (the eponymous hobbit) is enlisted, by Gandalf the grey wizard, to embark on a quest and his fellow comrades with the 12 dwarves and the wizard to reclaim the lost kingdom of the dwarves. Viewing this premise from my lens, Bilbo, Thorin, Gandalf
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Elective Dictatorship is the term used to describe the government and the Prime minister to be seen as having powers over the country that seem excessive. A government appointing as an elected dictatorship is likely to have a large majority over all other parties in the House of Commons. This essay will analise the arguments for and against the UK having an elected dictatorship. It will conclude that a proper dictatorship is never possible because the UK’s constitution is a democratic one and there
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How effective are back bench MP's? The idea that back bencher MP's are'nt effective has been widely debated. A back bencher MP is an Member of Parliament that doesn't have any status in the cabinet office but still can speak freely in Parliament. One reason that back bench MP's are effective is the power of Select Committees. Due to the 2010 reforms, back bencher's were able to be elected as a select committee chairman which enabled them to feel responsible and have status. It also gave them
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The central government of the UK is based in at the Palace of Westminster in London. It contains the major central political institutions of the UK, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Together with the ruling monarch, these three institutions are known as Parliament. The central government is the layer of government that operates across the whole country. It is usually located in the country's capital city and it has very specific responsibilities that no other level of government is
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Should FPTP continue to be used for elections to the House of Commons? The first reason that FPTP should continue to be used for elections to the House of Commons is that it produces effective constituency representation because there are single member constituencies, meaning that people know which MP represents them in the House of Commons, and thus who they can take their grievances to. This is a strength because it results in a strong working link between an MP and a geographical area, thus connecting
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To a certain extent, the coalition government’s proposals will bring about an effective reform of parliament. However, some people have questioned the effectiveness of the reform of parliament under this coalition, for example suggesting that The referendum on AV may have lead to an even more hung parliament. On the one hand, Primeministers, known as the incumbent, can no longer call elections to suit their own interests. This was due to the establishment of fixed term elections introduced by Cameron
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Unit 1 Government & Politics Assignment 2 P4/M3/D2 Impact of government policies on a range of public services Policies created by the UK Government can have a big impact on the public services, they can create: Affects on all the public services Affects on the armed services Affects on the emergency services ON ALL SERVICES: FINANCE There is a huge impact on finance with the public service. Without finance the public services such as the police could not buy the equipment needed
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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS AS LEVEL UNIT TWO GOVERNING THE UK “Never, never, never give up” Winston S Churchill 1874-1965 1 GOVERNING THE UK 50% of AS [25% of A2] UNIT TWO SAMPLE QUESTION Answer one question from Section A and one question from Section B in 80 minutes. Spend 40 minutes on Section A and 40 minutes on Section B SECTION A QUESTION ONE PRIME MINISTERIAL POWER “For too long the big political decisions in this country have been made in the wrong place. They are not
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June 2012- unit 2 Constitution Outline two constitutional reforms proposed by David Miliband. * Replacement of the current House of Lords with a second chamber elected using PR, this would strengthen the representative function of the legislature by providing more representatives who have genuine legitimacy by the use of PR- making the composition accurate to the votes cast. * The introduction of AV would to commons would not change the current constituency structure of the UK, and would
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'Parliament carries out none of its functions adequately.' Discuss (40 marks) In the UK, Parliament consists of the Monarchy, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. This has existed for centuries and has stood the test of time, in that it still exists. However a number of concerns have been raised about some of the functions and whether they function adequately enough (to a satisfactory or acceptable extent). Parliament currently carries out several functions and is the prime legislative
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