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The United Kingdom is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations (successor organisation to the former Empire), the European Union and NATO. It is ... a permanent member of the UN Security Council and holds a veto power. It is one of only seven acknowledged nuclear powers on the planet.
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The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The main chamber of parliament is the lower house, the House of Commons, which has 646 members elected by universal suffrage. About 700 people are eligible to sit in the upper house, the House of Lords, including life peers, hereditary peers, and bishops. There is a Scottish parliament in Edinburgh with wide-ranging local powers, and a Welsh Assembly in Cardiff with more limited authority for Welsh affairs.
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The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, with executive power invested in an elected government headed by the Prime Minister and his Cabinet. The government's actions are carried out in the name of the monarch and are accountable to Parliament. The British electorate therefore control the actions of the government indirectly through elections of Members of Parliament.
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