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BrieflydiscusstheinternationalinfluencetheUKexercisesontoday’sworld.
BritishEmpireandBritishCommonwealth
World’sfirstindustrialisedcountry
Adevelopedcountry
Anuclearpower
AmemberstateoftheEuropeanUnion
ApermanentmemberoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil

DiscusshowEngland,Scotland,WalesandIrelandgraduallybecameunitedinhistory,creatingthecurrentUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.
In1282,KingEdwardIfinallyconqueredthelastremainingnativeWelshprincipalitiesinnorthandwestWales.
EnglandandScotlandcontinuedtobeseparatestatesuntiltheActofUnionin1707duringthereignofthelastmonarchoftheStuartDynasty,QueenAnne.
TheActofUnionin1800addedIrelandtotheKingdomtocreatetheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.
In1922,theterritoryofwhatisnowtheRepublicofIrelandgainedindependence,leavingNorthernIrelandasacontinuingpartoftheUnitedKingdom.

WhatarethecharacteristicsoftheBritishConstitution?
(1)constitutionalmonarchy;
(2)parliamentarysupremacy;
(3)representativedemocracy;
(4)theruleoflaw.

WhataretheprinciplesoftheruleoflawintheUK?
•Everyoneisboundbythelaw.
•Allpersonsareequalbeforethelaw.
• Lawandordermustbemaintainedthroughtheofficialsandinstitutionsofthestate.
• Legalredressisprovidedforcitizenswhentheyfeeltheyhaveexperiencedinjustice.
• Thelawandlegalprocessesandpersonnelshouldbeindependentfrompoliticalinterference.

ExamineBritisheconomicpoliciesandperformanceinmoderntimes.
Inthe19thcentury,Britainhadtheworld’sleadingeconomy.
TheBritisheconomyremainedrelativelystrong,butalreadybegantodeclinefromthebeginningofthe20thcentury.
BritishgovernmentappliedtheeconomictheoriesofKeynesandcarriedoutstateinvolvementinthe1950sand1960s.
Britisheconomywasreferredtoasthe“SickManofEurope”bythe1970s.
ThatcherismwasthereasonfortheboominBritaininthe1980s.
Sincearound1992,Britainhadwitnessedthelongestperiodofsustainedeconomicgrowthformorethan15years.
In2008theUnitedKingdomenteredarecessionbroughtaboutbytheglobalfinancialcrisis.

CommentontheproblemstheSocialSecuritySystemconfrontsinpresentUK.