Contrôle d’Anglais

Sabrina Mahraz

Contrôle d’Anglais

1. A “general election” is a legislative election: it is the opportunity for all British citizens to choose their MP, that is, the person who will represent their party at the territorial level (called constituency) in the House of Commons for a maximum of five years. to obtain a majority, a political party must obtain a little more than half of the number of members in the House of Commons (650) Therefore, more than 326 votes must be cast

1. The result of the election is 365 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons.

1. The Labour Party achieved its worst result since 1935 (203 seats), its number of Mps decreased (lost 59) and it also lost seats to the Conservatives. The party leader announced his resignation for 2020.
   The Liberal Democrats lost only one less seat than in the previous election. Their leader lost his seat so he is no longer the leader of the party. For the other parties the result is positive with some more seats than in the previous elections but the victory remains very difficult.

II. 1. The House of Commons, also called the lower house of Parliament, has more power than the House of Lords (upper house) can pass a bill without the consent of the House of Lords.. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons usually holds the position of Prime Minister.

2. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons usually holds the position of Prime Minister. When there is a general election, the leader of the party that won the election is automatically appointed by the Queen, and at the same time he remains the boss of his party. His powers are important, the Queen is above him but more symbolically than in practice. He is in charge of the policy of his country. He appoints the ministers and runs the government. He is the head of what is called the cabinet of the most important ministers.

3. The Cabinet is a collective decision-making body of Her Majesty’s Government, composed of the Prime Minister and other Ministers (known as “Cabinet Ministers”, among the most important of the Government. The cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the system
Westminster (parliamentary system)
The Cabinet is the Executive Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, with legislative, judicial and executive functions, and a large portion of its members are members of the opposition. Its decisions are generally implemented by the existing powers of the executive departments of government, or by orders in council.

4. The official opposition, also known as Her Majesty’s “very loyal official opposition”, is the political party with the largest number of seats in the House of Commons without being part of the government.
For ten years now, the official opposition has been formed by the Labour Party. His cabinet is composed of the most important members of the party who examine government policies and propose alternative policies.

5. Lady Justice (Latin: Iustitia ) is an allegorical personification of moral strength in judicial systems in ancient Roman art. Its attributes are a blindfold, a balance and a sword.

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