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| 6216511755 | Tony Blair | British prime minister since 1997 and architect of "New Labour". Favored low taxes, tightly controlled social spending, and closer ties to Europe. -British labor leader who stood with America in its war against Iraq and Afghanistan | 0 | |
| 6216511756 | cabinet (UK) | top members of the UK government who assist the prime minister and run the major ministries | 1 | |
| 6216511757 | David Cameron | Current conservative prime minister of UK (2010) who must govern, however, in coalition with the Liberal Democrats | 2 | |
| 6216511758 | Celtic fringe | Refers to Scotland and Wales, which were not conquered by the Angles and Saxons. | 3 | |
| 6216511759 | Nick Clegg | Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Third largest political party, and deputy prime minister in the coalition government since 2010. | 4 | |
| 6216511760 | collective responsibility | Tradition that requires all members of the cabinet either to support government policy or to resign. | 5 | |
| 6216511761 | collectivist consensus | Post WWII consensus between the major U.K parties to build and maintain a welfare state | 6 | |
| 6216511762 | common law | legal system based on custom and precedent rather than formal legal codes | 7 | |
| 6216511763 | commonwealth | organization that includes the united kingdom and most of its former colonies | 8 | |
| 6216511764 | confederation of British industry (CBI) | The UK's most important group representing the private sector. | 9 | |
| 6216511765 | conservatives (Tories) | one of the UK's two largest parties, since 2010 it has led the coalition government with the liberal democratic party | 10 | |
| 6216511766 | crown | refers to the British monarchy and sometimes the British state | 11 | |
| 6216511767 | English civil war | 17th century conflict between parliament that led to the temporary elimination of parliament and permanent weakening of the monarchy | 12 | |
| 6216511768 | good Friday agreement | Historic 1998 accord between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland that ended decades of violence. | 13 | |
| 6216511769 | hereditary peers | Seats in the House of Lords that were granted to aristocratic families in perpetuity but were largely eliminated by recent legislation. | 14 | |
| 6216511770 | house of commons | lower house of the UK legislature | 15 | |
| 6216511771 | house of lords | upper house of parliament made of up barons and clergy; reform of it is currently being debated | 16 | |
| 6216511772 | "hung parliament" | An election result in which NO party wins a majority of parliamentary seats, such as the 2010 House of Commons general Election | 17 | |
| 6216511773 | Labour party | one of the UK's two largest parties, since 2010 it has been the opposition party | 18 | |
| 6216511774 | liberals (Whigs) | the UK's historic first opposition party, and one of its two major political parties until the early 20th century | 19 | |
| 6216511775 | life peers | Distinguished members of the society who are given lifetime appointments to the House of Lords | 20 | |
| 6216511776 | magna carta | 1215 document signed by king john that set the precedent for limited monarchial powers | 21 | |
| 6216511777 | majoritarian | term describing the virtually unchecked power a parliamentary majority in the uk political system | 22 | |
| 6216511778 | member of parliament (MP) | An individual legislator in the House of Commons | 23 | |
| 6216511779 | Ed Miliband | Leader of the opposition LABOUR PARTY since 2010. | 24 | |
| 6216511780 | Northern Ireland | Northeastern portion of Ireland that is part of the UK, also known as Ulster | 25 | |
| 6216511781 | Parliament | British law-making body (congress) | 26 | |
| 6216511782 | prime minister | head of government | 27 | |
| 6216511783 | quangos | Quasi- autonomous non governmental organizations that assist the government in making policy. | 28 | |
| 6216511784 | Scottish nationalist party (SNP) | The party seeking Scottish independence and currently in control of the Scottish regional government. | 29 | |
| 6216511785 | Margaret Thatcher | leader of conservatives in Great Britain who came to power. Pledged to limit social welfare, restrict union power, and end inflation. Formed Thatcherism, in which her economic policy was termed, and improved the British economic situation. She dominated British politics in 1980s, and her government tried to replace local property taxes with a flat-rate tax payable by every adult. Her popularity fell, and resigned. Britain's first woman prime minister, British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 who pledged to limit social welfare, restrict the power of labor unions, and to control inflation through a program which came to be known as "Thatcherism" | 30 | |
| 6216511786 | Third way | Tony Blair's vision for a "New Labour" Party that was a cross between the old Socialist Labour and Margaret Thatcher's conservatism. recent policies of the labour party that embrace the free market | 31 | |
| 6216511787 | trade union congress (TUC) | the united kingdom's largest trade union confederation | 32 | |
| 6216511788 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | official name of the British state | 33 | |
| 6216511789 | vote of no confidence | Legislative check on government whereby a government deems a measure to be of high importance, and if that measure fails to pass the legislature, either the government must resign in favor of another leader or a new parliamentary elections must be called. | 34 |
