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Scotland joined the union, when? In 1707.Scotland was never conquered but they decided to join.

1. discuss what surprises you, and what pleases you about this?

It surprised us how up-to-beat, the parliament were.

They really worked hard on including the people which was really nice.

2.what institutions has Scotland held on to, despite being in the union?

The Kirk (Church), the legal system, education and healthcare.

3.where is the capital of Scotland?

Edinburgh <3

4.extra but without looking it up anywhere, do you know any other Scottish city names?

Glasgow, Stirling, Kinross, Perth, Inverness, Aberdeen

5.which party has governed the nation in recent years?

The Scottish National Party.

6.how many members does the Hollyrod have?

129 members

7.why is it that Alex Salmond no longer leads that party?

He wanted to make the country independent but he didn’t pull off a victory in the referendum so he retired.

8.extra: how well did his party do at the latest elections?

In the election in 2014 it went really well.

9.and which other political party might not be too pleased about this, explain why?

Labour Party might not be so happy about it because SNP got a lot of their votes.

10.what, regarding devolution, is foreseen for Scotland in the future?

Alex Salmond thinks there’ll still be a Union but there’ll might be a bigger chance of Scotland gaining their independence.

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1) It's surprising how disrespectful the crowd are - they're laughing and interrupting.

2)London

3) In the England form of government, the Parliament is a legislative body, which reviews the government and proposes new laws. In the England form of government, there are two houses: The House of Lords and the House of Commons

4: The English form of government is a constitutional monarchy, which combines a monarch head of state with a parliamentary system. While we consider the english government a democracy, which it is in practice, the Queen of England has many roles and is officially the head of state, although in practice, she has little political power.

5: 650 members.

6. they have all benefit of the union.

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Capital: Cardiff

Inhabitants: 3.063.456 (2011)

Wales was previously a Principality because it was governed by a Prince of Wales. Today the term only exist to honer the Prince of Wales.

It surprises us that Wales, as a nation part of the UK, has its own national assembly.

It pleases us that they do have their own national assembly so that they can make decisions independent from the other nations.

Wales got their national assembly in 1998. It consists of 60 members which are elected every four years.

When The National Assembly of Wales was created they got the right to administrate the state budget of Wales.

Wales is not a very political country. The landscape, the language, the people and the values are what makes Wales what it is.

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Surprise: Not many people

- their accent, kind of hard to understand

Capital: Belfast

Stormont members: 108

On and off since when: 1999

Formed: 1921

Conflict: Unionists-protestants and nationalist catholics

Nationlist catholics: wanted to be reunited with ireland.

Unionists-protestants wanted to be british and be in the union

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Being British, 9-12 The United Kingdom – Can the centre hold?

1. For how long has Britain been a member of the European Union? - Since 1973

2. In what 2 ways does Britain stand outside? Because it's outside the eurozone and the schengen

3. Extra: what are those two areas, do you know already (if not, do a little research to find out what they are)? The schengen is an agreement between european that you don't have to be double checked for an example through the airport. The eurozone is a area consists of countrys that have made an currency union, and therefor introduced the euro as a currency

4. Who are the four nations mentioned at the bottom of page 9, 2 nd column that have stayed together since 1921? England, Nr. Island, Scotland & Wales.

5. How are they represented at Westminster, if at all see http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-andoffices/mps/current-state-of-the-parties/ for more on this?
The scottish national party

Plaid

6. Generally speaking (and at the end of today’s text) in spite of their differences, what similarities do the text claim exist for these four nations to make it ok for them to be UK?