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What are the differences between England and U.S.'s government?
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01-19-2013, 07:22 AM
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The largest by far is the Monarchy and the nobility, both of which are notable absent from the US version (though we still have some nobility insofar as the rich and the popular are perceived to be above reproach to some extent). Aside from this difference other differences include a difference in the judiciary (trail witness are not for the defense or the prosecution, which slants the results somewhat more towards the state if I recall correctly), the presence of the office of the Prime Minister (who operates as our president does within systems that have a monarch), a multiparty system as opposed to a two-party system, a house of lords and house of commons rather than a house and senate as we have (though I should note here that England was at one point in its distant past a Roman colony and thus was governed by the Roman senate), fewer civil rights and liberties (gun control is MUCH more limited in England, the point where even the police do not usually carry weaponry while out on patrol, a reduced capacity for freedom of the press insofar as the government can interfere more with what is said and when it is said, etc) and a heads of the various government groups are know as ministers rather than cabinet secretaries. This is a select list, obviously, but it should be enough to illustrate the major points.
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What are the differences between England and U.S.'s government? - John - 01-19-2013, 07:14 AM
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