The Winner Takes All

"Politics is about power, about winning power and using it to do what you think is right."
Britain is ruled by a democracy. In other words, the people decide who wins the power and who gets to be in charge. They arrange their democracy through representative government. The representatives sit in parliament. They make all the decisions that have to be made, and change the things that needs to be changed. How the representatives are chosen is through an election, where the people of Britain casts their vote on who they believe should run the country.

So, on Election Day, which is always on a Thursday, the polling stations are open all day. In the UK, it is a "first-past-the-post" system, this means that only one candidate is elected, and that is the candidate witht the most votes. There are no extra seats in the House of Commons, it is the winner who takes all.

The British system of government consists of the prime minister, who is the leader of the strongest party, a parliament, which makes the law in addition to passing the budget and watching over the goverment, the house of commons, that  includes 646 representatives who are called Members of Parliament (MP), and last but not least; the house of lords.