G4 politics and FU idiom p. 60-69

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British Politics

Slide 1 - Diapositive

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

Slide 2 - Question ouverte

What is the name of this hall?
A
House of Commons
B
House of Lords
C
Home Office
D
Senate

Slide 3 - Quiz

what can you compare the House of Commons with in the Netherlands?
A
het parlement
B
de senaat
C
de regering

Slide 4 - Quiz

How many political parties are there in the House of Commons?
A
2
B
4
C
6
D
8

Slide 5 - Quiz

Slide 6 - Diapositive

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

Slide 7 - Diapositive

What is the nickname of the conservative party?
A
The Whigs
B
The Republicans
C
The Tories
D
The Righties

Slide 8 - Quiz

What do MP's (members of Parliament) say in the House of Commons when they agree with someone?
A
Hear, hear!
B
Right, right!
C
Yes, yes!
D
Say, say!

Slide 9 - Quiz

Slide 10 - Vidéo

Slide 11 - Diapositive

The House of Lords consists of...
A
Clergy (bishops), judges and nobility
B
People selected by political parties
C
People selected by the government
D
People selected by the British people

Slide 12 - Quiz

watch the video
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

Slide 13 - Diapositive

Slide 14 - Vidéo

What is NOT a tradition or custom in the House of Commons and House of Lords?
A
The presence of a ceremonial mace
B
A peer addresses other peers with "My noble lord" or "My noble lady"
C
In the HofL the Lord speaker sits on a whoolsack
D
Kissing the British flag before entering the HofC

Slide 15 - Quiz

how many female prime ministers has the UK known up till now?
A
2
B
1
C
3
D
5

Slide 16 - Quiz

Slide 17 - Diapositive

The electoral systems in The Netherlands and the UK are identical
A
true
B
false

Slide 18 - Quiz

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

Slide 19 - Diapositive

What is the role of the Queen in the British government? Multiple answers are possible.
A
She meets the Prime minister every week to discuss recent events
B
She formally agrees every new law.
C
She formally approves the elected parliament
D
She can stop certain new laws.

Slide 20 - Quiz

Slide 21 - Diapositive