The Party System and the Government

When the political parties began to form in the 18th century certain distinguished persons

_____ as leaders.

1. Today the Labour Party advocates a mixed programme based on the platform of

______reformism.

The former executive powers of the Sovereign in the early Privy Council were transferred to

• 1. a Cabinet.

• 1. Prime Minister and a Cabinet.

• 1. Parliament.

1. The growth of political parties in England was as gradual and
   _____as other changes in the government.

The Cabinet is the

of the political power _____ of the United

Kingdom at the present time.

Membership of the Labour Party is also mixed, though the majority are members of

• 1. middle-class people.

• 1. trade unions.

• 1. working people.

Before a general election the Conservative Party issues

• 1. a pre-election programme.

• 1. a pre-election statement.

• 1. a pre-election manifesto.

1. By the 20th century the two parties were the Conservatives and the Liberals, direct descendants of the older Tory and Whig parties.

• true

• false

In the __th century the two-party system reached its solid modern form.