Great Britain: why have a Prime Minister and not a President?

What is the form of British government?

The British government is one of the few political systems with a distinctive, unified monarchy system with other countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

The Constitutional Monarchy is ruled by Queen Elizabeth II, who has been in power for 70 years, serves as Head of State; Meanwhile he Prime Minister (Boris Johnson) is the Head of Government and is in charge of the executive branch.

Despite the fact that there is no written constitution of England, it has a series of statutes, court decisions, international treaties and parliamentary conventions, which are considered to be a constitution of the continental type as it is. German, French or Spanish.

This means that the DPR can amend the Constitution without having to go through a certain process known as ‘parliamentary sovereignty’.

The British Parliament consists of two chambers: lower chamber (Commons) and upper chamber (Lords) who have their meeting on Palace of Westminster.

The Commons has 650 members of Parliament, They are elected every five years as representatives from 650 constituencies.

Lores for their part, They don’t have a certain number of members, but they are a fundamental part of the British political system. Since 2010 this camera has 733 appointed members by the King on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.

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