G4 politics and FU idiom p. 60-69

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

British Politics

Name a British politician apart from Boris Johnson (active or non-active, dead or alive)

What is the name of this hall?

1. House of Commons
2. House of Lords
3. Home Office
4. Senate

what can you compare the House of Commons with in the Netherlands?

1. het parlement
2. de senaat
3. de regering

How many political parties are there in the House of Commons?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
4. 8

Boris Johnson, Conservative Party

Keir Starmer, Labour Party

Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Nationalist Party

Ed Davey, Liberal Democrats (LibDems)

Arlene Foster, Democratic Unionist Party

Mary-Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin

What is the nickname of the conservative party?

1. The Whigs
2. The Republicans
3. The Tories
4. The Righties

What do MP's (members of Parliament) say in the House of Commons when they agree with someone?

1. Hear, hear!
2. Right, right!
3. Yes, yes!
4. Say, say!

The House of Lords consists of...

1. Clergy (bishops), judges and nobility
2. People selected by political parties
3. People selected by the government
4. People selected by the British people

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in 2018, British Labour lawmaker Lloyd Russell-Moyle was ejected on December 10 from the House of Commons' debating chamber for seizing a ceremonial mace, in a protest at the government's handling of Brexit

What is NOT a tradition or custom in the House of Commons and House of Lords?

1. The presence of a ceremonial mace
2. A peer addresses other peers with "My noble lord" or "My noble lady"
3. In the HofL the Lord speaker sits on a whoolsack
4. Kissing the British flag before entering the HofC

how many female prime ministers has the UK known up till now?

1. 2
2. 1
3. 3
4. 5

The electoral systems in The Netherlands and the UK are identical

1. true
2. false

Proportional representation electoral system

Seats in parliament are divided among the parties in proportion to the amount of votes each party received.

Current system in the Netherlands

First-past-the-post :

district electoral system

= majority system, country is divided into several districts and every district gets 1 seat in parliament --> ''Winner takes it all''

in the UK now AND the Netherlands until 1917

What is the role of the Queen in the British government? Multiple answers are possible.

1. She meets the Prime minister every week to discuss recent events
2. She formally agrees every new law.
3. She formally approves the elected parliament
4. She can stop certain new laws.