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2006-09-05 09:31:23 · 3 answers · asked by matthew_yelle 2 in Politics & Government Politics

so englnd has its equilivent to the house of repestentitives and a senate but it hs no president and are trier different types of reps and senators in englald like republicans and democrats and librils here?

2006-09-05 09:52:00 · update #1

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Yes and no! I trust you mean UK, not "England" - cos England does not have a separate parliament/legislative assembly to vote for.
All "citizens" over 18 can vote for a local representative called a Member of Parliament. 99.9% of the candidates who we can vote for belong to political parties.
When the winnng candidates in the elections go to Parliament (like a general assembly) they have to do what their party leaders tell them.There are mps (members of parliament, not military police) called "whips" and they have to keep the mps in order, make sure they vote in parliament as their party leaders tell them to. Sometimes they rebel. Currently a lot of Labour mps are rebelling against their own (governing)party's foreign policy, but they don't want to lose their jobs, so they don't rebel too hard. All these mps are the ones who, along with various experts, put together new laws chosen by the ruling party and then they vote on them.
When the House of Commons and the House of Lords have both approved the new bill it becomes law and the Qureen signs the law, but has no say about it. Problem is that the voters don't really know what the government is really going to do until they do it. Also, whatever government is in power, only a minority of citzens actually voted for them. It is an odd system. It iis a form of democracy because of the voting. We can make a lot of noise if we don't like something, without being persecuted. This is because the government ignores us except at election time. I do not always feel as cynical about it all as I do at present. Our mps also help us with local problems quite well, but national policy is often very unpopular and not what the voters had expected.

2006-09-05 09:55:21 · answer #1 · answered by mutaali t 3 · 0 0

They vote for representitives to the House of Commons which is somewhat like the US house or Representatives. The House of Lords is made up of appointees by the King or Queen however the House of Lords is largely symbolic these days and the Commons does most of the lawmaking.

2006-09-05 16:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by Scott L 5 · 0 0

yes

2006-09-05 16:36:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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