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First-Past-the-Post is a single member plurality system used in the UK for general elections and in England for local elections. Candidates must receive a plurality of votes to win the sit in their constitue...

Referendums are considered to enhance democracy by sharpening the mandate for public policy decisions. Whilst decisions in parliament are usually made by our MPs through a representative democratic system, r...

One way in which Parliament holds the government to account, is through the use of Question time that occur every six weeks for each department in government. This is effective in some ways as it puts the pr...

First ionisation energies decrease down groups in the Periodic Table:-larger atomic radius-increased nuclear charge is outweighted by increased shielding-reactivity increases down the group as it's easier to...

An easy way to remember the stages of mitosis is- preparation may achieve the impossible Prophase-preparationMetaphase-mayAnaphase-achieveTelophase-theInterphase-impossible. Prophaseis the first phase, where...