British & Welsh political systems Flashcards
From the two presentations
Welsh national anthem (established by tradition)
“Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau”
Who wrote “Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau”
Evan & James James
political system in UK
democratic parliamentary monarchy
Constitution in the UK is …
uncodified (written in different documents)
unitary
Two types of parliament
Single-party government
/ hung parliament
Number of prime ministers, cabinet ministers + others
1 - prime minister
22 - cabinet ministers
97 - other ministers
Total number of ministers in the UK
120
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office
Larry
Chief Mouser to the HM Treasury
Gladstone
Chief Mouser to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Palmerston
(DATE)
Who/when established Cymru Fydd
1886
Cymru Fydd - Young Wales
Thomas Edward Ellis
Result of the 1979 referendum
referenfun decisively rejected
Result of the 1997 referendum
only slightly above 50% for devolution
Outcome of the 1997 referendum
1998 - Government of Wales Act
The First Elections after the 1998 Government of Wales Act
1999