The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) was a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It was an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland was the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland (which became independent from the UK in 1922). Apart from this land border, the UK was surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
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| - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) was a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It was an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland was the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland (which became independent from the UK in 1922). Apart from this land border, the UK was surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
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| - Constitutional Monarchy, Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher .
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| - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) was a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It was an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland was the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland (which became independent from the UK in 1922). Apart from this land border, the UK was surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The United Kingdom was a constitutional monarchy (headed by Queen Elizabeth II) and unitary state consisting of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It was governed by a parliamentary system with its seat of government the Palace of Westminster (otherwise known as the Houses of Parliament) in London, the capital. The Channel Island Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, and the Isle of Man were Crown Dependencies, which means they are constitutionally tied to the British monarch but were not part of the UK. The UK had fourteen overseas territories that are not constitutionally part of the UK. These territories were remnants of the British Empire, which at its height in 1922 encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface, the largest empire in history. The United Kingdom was a constitutional monarchy: Queen Elizabeth II was the head of state of the UK as well as many other Commonwealth countries, putting the UK in a personal union with those other states. The Crown had sovereignty over the Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, which were not part of the United Kingdom though the UK government managed their foreign affairs and defence and the UK Parliament had the authority to legislate on their behalf. The UK had a parliamentary government based on the Westminster system that had been emulated around the world — a legacy of the former British Empire. The Parliament of the United Kingdom that met in the Palace of Westminster had two houses:
* An elected House of Commons held 650 elected Members of Parliament or MP's, each represented a single area of the country known as a constituency, They were elected in General Elections. General elections were called by the Monarch when the Prime Minister so advises. Though there was no minimum term for a Parliament, the Parliament Act (1911) requires that a new election needed to be called within five years of the previous general election.
* Also there was an appointed House of Lords taken from the aristocracy as well as nominated lords from the general population, The position of Prime Minister, the UK's head of government, belonged to the Member of Parliament who can obtain the confidence of a majority in the House of Commons, usually the leader of the largest political party in that chamber. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are formally appointed by the Monarch to form Her Majesty's Government, though the Prime Minister chooses the Cabinet, and by convention HM The Queen respects the Prime Minister's choices. The Prime Minister at the time of the attack was Margaret Thatcher.
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