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An answer starts by explaining the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) system as electing members to one-member districts by single-plurality, in 650 districts ('constituencies' in the UK) across the country. FPTP...

Federalism, one of the key founding principles of the U.S. constitution, explains the balance and separation of power between central and local government. It was a political compromise between those of t...

Classical liberalism unlike neo-liberalism is based more on the ideas of rights rather than economic prosperity. Classical liberalists focus on maximising individual freedom and on autonomy. Additionally,...

A whip is the term for an individual who is a member of a political party in parliament (an MP). The leadership of the party relies on the 'whip' to try to ensure that all the members of the party are vot...

This question is asking for both a historical and ideological understanding of liberalism and democracy. It is also a matter of extent. Firstly, defining liberalism succinctly through individualism, democ...