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BrieflydiscusstheinternationalinfluencetheUKexercisesontoday’sworld.BritishEmpireandBritishCommonwealthWorld’sfirstindustrialisedcountryAdevelopedcountryAnuclearpowerAmemberstateoftheEuropeanUnionApermanentmemberoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncilDiscusshowEngland,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.Itmakescitizensdependentandlessinclinedtowork