English for Law Students

UNIT VII. The political system of the UK. Text 1

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VII. Replace the words in brackets with the words from the box

leader

majority

seats

in power

policies

foreign

run

Prime Minister

economic

Political systems are different all over the world. In the UK, when a political party wins a (=51% or more) of (= official positions in parliament) in an election, they become the government of the country, their (= the head of the party/ person in control) becomes (head of state) and they are (= rule the country).

The government must have (= programmes of action) to (= manage) the country. This means, for example, an policy (= for the economy), and a policy (= for actions taken by the country in other parts of the world).