POL3142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Westminster System, Comparative Politics, Nick Clegg
15 Apr 2016
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Holds together with tradition* - common interpretation and agreements on how things should be. The british political system or westminster system rests on parliament sovereignty. Contrary to canada, judiciary system can"t question the constitution. You cannot break or change a law in any other than through parliament. The point above is a reason against joining the eu admits to an authority above. Within parliament, there is a smaller group: the cabinet (the prime minister with the members of his party, usually) The most significant assignments are the foreign office (foreign ministry), home office (justice minister), chancellor of the exchequer (30020 - finance minister) They are responsible of forming policies that will put in front of the house of. The prime minister might be com___ to name people in the cabinet that he doesn"t particu. In theory, they have collective responsibility they than speak as one to introduce policies to parliament.
