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st.george

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engeland

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st.david

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wales

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st.andrew

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scotland

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st.patrick

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Ireland

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rose

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engeland

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leek/daffodil

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wales

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thistle

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scotland

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shamrock

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ireland

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white

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engeland

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red

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wales

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blue

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scotland

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green

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ireland

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23 april

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engeland

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1 march

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wales

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30 november

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scotland

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17 march

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ireland

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CBE

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Commander of the order of the British Empire

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Prime minister

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Boris johnson

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Chancellor of the exchequer

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Rishi Sunak

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Secretary of state for foreign commonwealth

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Dominic Raab

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Secretary of state for the home department

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Priti Patel

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Minister for the cabinet office

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Michael Gove

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Lord Chancellor and secretary of state for justice

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Robert Buckland

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Secretary of state for defence

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Ben wallace

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Secretary of state for health and social care

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Matt hancock

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Leader of the opposition

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Keir starmer

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the RSPCA

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The royal Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals

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mp

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Member of parliament

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pm

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Prime minister

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The conservative party

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Boris Johnson

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The labour party

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Keir starmer

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Liberal party

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ed davey

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Plaid Cymru

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the party of wales

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SCD

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scottish country dance

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Geordie

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new castle

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cockneys

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london

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Ireland

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dublin

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Northern ireland

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belfast

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scotland

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edinburgh

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england

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london

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wales

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cardiff

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albion

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word used by poets and songwriters to refer, in different contexts, to england or scotland

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britannia

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the name that romans gave to their southern province

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Briton

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official contexts and in writing to describe a citizen of the uk

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caledonia, cambria, hibernia

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roman names for scotland, wales and ireland.

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Erin

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poetic name for ireland

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Henry VII & jane seymour

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edward VI. first england monarch raised as porotest

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Henry VIII & catherine of Aragon

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Mary I was roman catholicism

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roll of Monarachy

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ceremonial duties

personal embodiment of the government

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queens power

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political power

ceremonial

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honours list

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made achievment in public life

committed themselves to serving and helping britain

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why edward VII abdicated

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1.The marriage was opposed by the governments of the United Kingdom and the
Dominions of the British Commonwealth.
2.As British monarch, Edward was the nominal head of the Church of England,
which did not then allow divorced people to remarry if their ex-spouses were still
alive

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the prime minster

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powers of patronage

public image

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civil service

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day-to-day running of the government

politically neutral

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mayor of london

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sadiq Khan

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counties

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Counties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and
political demarcation.

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Boroughs

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A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough
designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term
varies widely.

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parishes

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A parish is a church territorial unit constituting a division within a diocese. A parish
is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a parish priest, who might be
assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church.

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service at local level

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Environmental health inspection,
Rubbish collection
The cleaning and tidying of all public places

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parlament

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house of lords

house of commons

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a bill

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is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.

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Dissolution Honours

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Takes place at the end of a Parliament, when peerages can be given to MPs - from
all parties - who are leaving the House of Commons.

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Ad hoc announcements

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Used to announce someone appointed as a Minister who is not already a Lord.

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speaker at house of lords

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lord fowler

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