AP COGO UK

NHS. What is it?

• The UK's National Homeland Security system.

• National Honors Society

• Government provided health care in the UK for all citizens

• A board which overseas all broadcasting in the UK.

Quangos are

• Trade unions which play an important role in the UK government

• The name for french representatives

• What they call the opposing government in parliament

• Non-Government organizations that provide services that the government would normally provide or which have input on policy decisions - mostly independent

Sinn Fein

• Left-wing Irish republican party active in both the republic of Ireland and N Ireland

• Right-wing democratic party in Scotland and Wales

• The Queens religion

• The name for the devolved parliament in N Ireland

Parliament definition

• A document the queen wrote

• A synonym for the House of Lords

• Executive and Legislative branch of the UK government

What's the difference between the House of Commons and the House of Lords?

• House of Lords= mostly appointed based on knowledge, not much power

  House of Commons= FPTP elected officials that make up the government and its opposition, includes the prime minister, a lot of power

• House of Lords= FPTP elected officials that make up the government and shadow it, includes the prime minister, a lot of power

  House of Commons= appointed based on knowledge, not much power

• House of Lords= mostly hereditary positions, no real expertise, plays no role in policy or legislation

  House of Commons= Proportional representation elected officials, including the government and its opposition, second in real power to the Queen

Back Bencher definition:

• People who like to sit in the back

• Bandwaggoners who will vote for a bill that definitely has a majority

• Member of parliament who doesn't hold government office and sits behind the front bench in the house of commons

• Members of the Shadow Cabinet

Plaid Cymru definition:

• N Ireland party which supports staying in the UK

• Republican party in Britain that supports Brexit

• Social-democratic party in Wales advocating for Welsh independence from the UK within the EU

• Party which advocates for religious minorities

Shadow Government is:

• the unelected bureaucrats who make up the "deep state"

• a coalition of regional parties

• MP's who only wear black

• made up of members of the party that has the second most number of seats in the house of commons

UKIP

• The EU's plan to gain more sovereignty

• UK political meeting held every 2 weeks to discuss changes in the union

• A right-wing populist political party in the UK which advocated to leave the EU

• The acronym for the questions the prime minister responds to every week

A set of public policies designed to provide for citizens' needs through direct or indirect provision of pensions, healthcare... assistance to the poor... etc. 

• Hegemonic Power
• Welfare State
• NeoLiberalism
• Capitalism