Brits Borrowing from American Political Playbook

The British have now adapted to the American Politics by holding the debates for prime minister on television. It seems to have advantages for some candidates. Brown was behind Cameron in the polls and agreed to debate to try and up himself in the polls.

I think that it is a good thing to show the debates on television. It gives the people more information on how the candidates want to change the government. It also may help out the candidates to win over in the polls because of their success in a debate.

Great Britain and US

One of the similarities between the two governments is that we both branched off the same government to start with. Also like America they have a regional and local government that work together.

With the similarities there are also many more differences between the two governments. One difference is that the British constitution is still unwritten, America bases laws off of the constitution. Another difference is that Britain has a monarchy government in which a king or queen rules instead of a president.

Update on Bills

The first bill that I chose to write about was the House Bill 1017. This bill wants to authorize the release of offender photographs and physical description for purposes of victim and community notification. This bill has passed through both the House and the Senate and was delivered to the Governor on February 8, 2011.

Senate bill 17 wants to provide for a property tax exemption for certain property leased by the Science and Technology Authority. This bill has also been passed through the House and Senate and was also delivered to the Governor for his signature on February 8, 2011.