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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:government
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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ceremonial head of state
responsible government
parliamentary sovereignty
bicameral or unicameral legislature
fusion of powers
prime minister as head of government
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gptkbp:contrastsWith
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presidential system
semi-presidential system
consensus system
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gptkbp:features
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opposition party
monarch or president as head of state
question time
regular elections
cabinet collectively responsible to parliament
confidence of lower house required for government
dissolution of parliament possible
first-past-the-post or other electoral systems
government formed by majority party in lower house
no fixed term for prime minister
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Westminster System
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gptkbp:influenced
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Commonwealth countries
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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British constitutional law
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Palace_of_Westminster
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gptkbp:originatedIn
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:usedIn
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gptkb:Anguilla
gptkb:Antigua_and_Barbuda
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Bahamas
gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:Belize
gptkb:Bermuda
gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:British_Virgin_Islands
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Cayman_Islands
gptkb:Cyprus
gptkb:Dominica
gptkb:Falkland_Islands
gptkb:Fiji
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Gibraltar
gptkb:Grenada
gptkb:Guyana
gptkb:Hong_Kong
gptkb:India
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Lesotho
gptkb:Malawi
gptkb:Malaysia
gptkb:Malta
gptkb:Mauritius
gptkb:Montserrat
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkb:Saint_Helena
gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis
gptkb:Saint_Lucia
gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
gptkb:Samoa
gptkb:Seychelles
gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:Solomon_Islands
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Swaziland
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Tonga
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago
gptkb:Turks_and_Caicos_Islands
gptkb:Tuvalu
gptkb:Uganda
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:Zambia
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkb:Pitcairn_Islands
The Gambia
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Policy_Making_in_Britain
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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