United kingdom – politics
· The United Kingdom is a parliamentary monarchy based on an unwritten constitution and is thus adaptable to changing political conditions
· Britain is today governed by her majesty’s Government in the name of the queen and with the approval of Parliament
The monarch :
· Queen Elizabeth II., succeeded to the throne on February 6, 1952, on the death of her father King George VI.; the heir to the throne is her oldest son, Charles, Prince of Wales;
· the Monarch formally appoints the prime minister and government and other important persons, she chairs meeting regularly with the prime minister, receives accounts of cabinet decisions, signs state papers and dissolves the parliament
The executive :
· prime minister chooses his ministers (usually from the Commons) who create the cabinet, which decides and implements policy and coordinates government departments; it normally numbers between 15 to 20
