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People can participate in politics through petitions and initiatives. A petition is a document signed by the people and if enough people sign it then it has to be debated in parliament. In the UK there is...

A select committee is composed of a number of MPs from across the parties in Parliament, represented in proportion to how many seats they have. They typically question witnesses (often properly grilling t...

Pork-barrel spending is a metaphor for when government money is given to a representative’s district usually in order to gain support for a certain piece of legislation or to help aid their re-election. I...

Tradition can be defined as Values, practices or institutions that have endured through time and, in particular, been passed down from one generation to the next. Conservatives are seen to support this fo...

With regard to foreign policy, the President's powers clearly extend beyond persuasion. Most obviously, the President is commander in chief. This means he is the chief commander of the army, and c...