Referendums are devices for obtaining extra legitimacy for policy proposals or for reducing internal party disputes over party alternatives. They tend to replace the normal role of parliament and are a form of direct democracy‚ although initiation comes from the government and not the governed. There is an indication of the growing frequency of the use of referendums as a way of legitimising policies or appealing to the public beyond divided party structures. What was seen as non-British‚ inconsistent
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wingfall tax and believe that the equality of opportunity means giving people better chances. Since it defined itself as Social Democratic party‚ the ideology of the party has been changed as accept value of market forces but also accept the idea that the UK is a community where is better work together rather than individually. b) Explain carefully 3 policy similarities between the modern Labour‚ Liberal-Democrat and Conservative parties (post in 1997). (10) Since 1990s‚ three main parties have their
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Courts in UK Her Majesty’s Courts of Justice of England and Wales are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales; they apply the law of England and Wales and are established under Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system—England and Wales have one system‚ Scotland another‚ and Northern Ireland a third. There are exceptions to this rule; for example in immigration law‚ the
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Affairs in October 1991‚ during his first visit was the kind of breakthrough information for participants‚ opening the English Kazakhstan. Is held 20-23 March 1994 the second visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in the UK was mainly intended to provide the legal base of bilateral relations. During this visit‚ was signed by a number of important documents in various areas of cooperation. And as a concrete and practical steps to implement the results of such cooperation
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Political Institutions UK History of political parties The political history of the British Isles. Over the past 800 years has been largely one of reducing the power of the monarchy and transferring authority to a London based Parliament as the sovereign legislative body for all Britain. The original structures were monarchical‚ aristocratic and non-democratic. The growth of political parties and constitutional structures. The growing power of Parliament against the monarch in seventeenth
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3rd year THEORY OF PHONETICS (Philology Department) Seminar No 5 (2 hrs) MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK. GENERAL AMERICAN AS THE AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION STANDARD Points for discussion: Major accents in the UK. 1. RP/BBC English as the British national standard of pronunciation: 1) Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English. 2) Phonological and phonetic dimensions of RP/BBC English. 2. Cockney as an example of a broad accent of English. 3. Estuary
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Current trends and future opportunities for the UK Clothing Industry THE POWER TO HELP YOU SUCCEED This report has been produced by Verdict Consulting for Barclays Corporate. All content has been researched‚ developed and produced by Verdict Consulting at the request of Barclays Corporate for the purpose of this report. March 2011 Verdict Consulting 119 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3DA T. 020 7551 9419 F. 020 7551 9090 E. consulting@verdict.co.uk W. www.verdict.co.uk ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Essay – Social Mobility Q Explain to what extent social mobility is a feature of social class in the UK in the 21st century. Use two contrasting theories and relevant studies in your answer. (2009) Inequality exists in all societies‚ sociologists concern themselves with social inequality including social prestige‚ economic privileges and power. Stratification‚ in particular social stratification is different. Stratification
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gov.uk/tax_pensions_index.htm. [Accessed 25 May 2012]. Reforming Public Sector Pensions‚ July 2010‚ Public Sector Pensions Commission‚ Institute of Directors State Pension Reform - Commons Library Standard Note - UK Parliament . 2012. State Pension Reform - Commons Library Standard Note - UK Parliament . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN05787. [Accessed 26 May 2012].
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School organization in the UK The school day in state and independent schools usually runs from 9.00 a.m. Until 4 p.m. And the school year is divided into three terms (autumn‚spring and summer)‚ although there have been proposals to reorganize the system. Classes in British schools used to be called ’forms’ and in secondary schools were numbered from one to six. But most primary and secondary schools have now adopted year numbers from 1 to 11‚ which include a two-year ’sixth form’ for advanced
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