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Sovereignty is defined as the supreme source of power in a government system. Sovereignty in the UK government is held by Parliament, consequently being named Parliamentary sovereignty. This means that Pa...

The UK Parliament operates a two-House system. Both Houses make laws, check the work of the government and debate issues.
The Commons consists of 650 MPs (Members of Parliament) who are elected by t...

The functions of political parties can be broken down into three main categories: Representation, policy making, and education.As a representative democracy, political parties act as the spokespeople for ...

In short: yes, and no. The issue with this question is that many students will end up thinking that 'authority' is synonymous with 'power', which is not necessarily the case. One must look at the question...

The first difference between these two constitutional types is their source. A codified constitution is contained within one single document, whereas the source of a uncodified constitution is spread acr...