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UK Government for Dummies... and Americans

2017-06-11

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The UK recently had a snap election to decide which party should be in power. But how do UK elections work? Are they at all similar to how the US runs things? Let's compare the two and see if we can't figure it out.

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"Furious Freak" and "Daily Beetle (Edited)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Hashtags: #government #brexit #uk #london #may #election #eu #theresamay #labour #snp #tories #cor #votelabour #america #britain


Intro
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Misconceptions about other democracies
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Structure and Vocabulary
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Head of State
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Commander in Chief
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Prime Minister
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Houses of Parliament
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The House of Commons
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constituency size
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multiparty system
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coalition government
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Brexit
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Outro
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