Basics about Britain

Basics about Britain

I. Institutions, political, leaders and political parties.

Britain is a constitutional monarchy ( king or queen,

and parliament) : in Westminster.

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Queen Elizabeth II. She has a symbolical power, . Parliament : 2 chambers : house of commons and

in Britain today are :

( green tree) the majority party : Right-wing party

(red rose) : Left wing party

(yellow bird) not so powerful but becomes more important : Center

Ukip : stronger and stronger : extreme right party : independance party ( prône BREXIT)

main political parties

conservative party

monarch,

constitution

does not rule

house of lords

Labour party

Liberal democrat party

A new conservative Cabinet since July 2019. Boris Johnson took over from Theresa May.

Jacob Rees-Moog

Leader of the House of Commons

Stephen Barclay

Secretary Of State for Exiting the European Union since 2018

Sajid Javid

Chancellor of the Exchequer since July 2019.

Jeremy Corbyn

Labour Party

Sadiq Khan, Labour Party, London mayor

Richard Brain

UKIP leader

Jo Swinson

Liberal Democrat party

Other political Leader :

• Prime minister ( à la place de D. Cameron) : a conservative Cabinet Ministers : 3 main ministers :

• in change of the brexit office

• foreign affairs

• international business.

Johnathan Bartley & Sian Berry Co-leaders of the Green Party

II. Demography

British population : 63,7 m people in 2012 for a national territory of 242,000 km2. British average population density : 256 inhabitants/km2

French population : 66 m people in 2014 for a national territory of 675,000 km2 French average population density : 94 inhab/km2

Britain : same population that in France.

British popu is much higher than population density in France Greater London : 8,4 million people in 2013

Population density : 5 354 inhab/km2

Le gd Paris : 7 million people in 2012

Popu density : 8 800 inhab/km2/

in Britain going from the Elite to the is established which than the

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Age groups in 2014. Majority of the population is between years old. Number of children in france is 2 children children by wife.

III. Four nations and one country

into the united Kingdom. :

• Wales joins in

• 1707 :

• 1801 : the all isle : The act of union / union Jack

• 1921 :

4 nations constitute UK.

. A small proportion of the elite .

. Average of britain is 40 ( popu regenated). In Britain : 1,9

Seven social classes

precariat

middle class

middle class in France

major party of the britain

is much richer

not rich

25-54 years

by wife

Successive integration

Scotland

1535-42

Ireland

Northen Ireland

England

Scotland

( london) represents the greatest part : 53,3 million people and surface : 130 400 km2 (edinburgh) 5.3 million and surface :

Wales ( Cardiff) 3.1 million surface : Northen Ireland (belfast) 1.8 million surface :

78 800 km2

20 800km2

13 300 km2

Bilingualism

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is to be found in scotland, northen island and Wales. Yet more . Welsh, irish and the two forms of the are now rare.

alongside the british parliament in London : all created in 1998 but the first : in scotland

in Wales

95% of the population

english is spoken by

Stormont in northen ireland

Scottish language

3 national parliaments

Holyrood

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