what is the role of the opposition

Question 1

the uks system of adversarial politics means that

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the government is challenged in parliament by his majestys most loyal opposition or more commonly the official opposition

Question 2

the official opposition title is given to the party with the

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second largest number of seats in the HoC

Question 3

however mps from any party that is not in government are

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opposition mps

Question 4

the leader of the opposition is able

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to ask more questions at pmqs than other mps

Question 5

the role of the opposition is to

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scrutinise policies put forward by the government

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how do the opposition scrutinise

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through the same methods avaliable to backbenchers

Question 7

opposition can also put forward their own policy proposals and use

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opposition days to try and shape the parliamentary agenda