Political systems of the English-speaking countries: the UK and the USA.

USA Smirnova M., THE 10th year – course student.

am interested in political events of nowadays. It’s an urgent

problem because of difficult situation between such great states: Russia and the USA. That’s why I’d like to explore how 3 branches of power operate in the main English speaking countries: the USA and the UK. You know they are closely connected with each other. In fact Americans are descendents of immigrants from England, Scotland, Ireland and other European places. Just now they are Americans.

the UK and the USA.
The aim my project is: to

show how the political systems of English-speaking countries operate.

on it.
The political system of the UK.
Branches of power in

the UK.
The political system of the USA.
Branches of power in the USA.
Should a politician be ideal?

on it.
People rule the country.
People do they want within the

framework of law.
People elect their representatives to rule country.
People elect the head of state directly.
People say what they think.
People can live any place they choose.
The head of state guarantees the rights of citizens.
All people and authorities follow the constitution.

the UK. Officially the Queen Elizabeth II is the Head

of the state. But really the Prime-Minister rules the country.

represented by the British Parliament. It consists of 2 Houses:

the House of Lords(880 heredity peers, 26 spiritual peer, 270 life peers) and the House of Commons (450 elected members. The speaker…. Is the head of the House of Commons.
There are 3 main parties in the UK: the Conservative (the leader is Teresa May) the Labour (Jeremy Corbin) the Liberal (the leader is Nick Clegg).
Members of the House of Commons elect the Head of the state who is the Head of the British government.

The Prime Minister is the Head of it. What is

she/he? He/she is a leader of the partly that has a majority seats in the House of Commons. He/she is also the head of the country. Today Teresa May is the Prime Minister and she really rules the country. The residence of the British Prime Minister is Downing- street,10.
Judicial branch of power is divided into criminal court and civil court in the UK.

part of Parliament in her constructional role; has mostly representative

functions; gives the royal assent to the bills passed by the House of Commons and the House of Lords; is the head of Commonwealth of Nations.

The Government

The Prime Minister
Is the head of government; is the leader of the party with the majority seats in House of Commons

The Cabinet
About 20 ministers; determines government policies and coordinates government departments.

Non-Cabinet Ministers

Parliament

The House of Commons
(about 650 elected MPs Parliament) makes laws; discusses political problems
The Official Opposition
The largest opposition party; forms the Shadow Cabinet

The House of Lords
(over 1 100 permanent, non-elected members; peers and life peers) examines and revises bills from the Hose of Commons; can delay bills for on year

The people

–Minister (Conservative party)
John Bercow, the speaker of the House

of Commons

Nick Cregg, the leader of the Liberal Party

Jeremy Corbin, the leader of the Labour Party

( 2008-2016)
Hillary Clinton (the candidate for being a president).
- Donald

Trump is a president if the USA elected on the 8th of November, 2016.

The symbol of it is a donkey.
- The Republican Party

(1850). The symbol of it is an elephant.
Obama and Clinton are democrats. Trump belongs to Republican Party.

the state depends on politicians.. He/She should have some special

qualities. I’ve chosen some positive traits of the ideal politician.
Sociable
Honest
Patient
Powerful
Loyal
Risk-taking
Self-reliant
Self-confident
Flexible
Clever

persons. They will be ideal. But it is only a

dream.

similarities and differences between political systems of the USA and

the UK.
I believe you’ve understood how the systems operate but they are not ideal.