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Does England have a president?

I know that the UK is headed by PM David Cameron, but I'm a little confused on the structure of the whole thing. Does England have its own leader? What sorts of rules are set by the individual entities inside the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland)?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Only republics have presidents, the UK is a constitutional monarchy.

    Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have national assemblies with their own First Minister (in Northern Ireland they actually have two joint leaders).

    England doesn't have its own assembly, only the UK parliament; although many people in England are campaigning for this; or for regional assemblies within England. A few cities (such as London and Manchester) have elected assemblies which have some of the same powers as the devolved parliaments.

    Also, David Cameron (or any other Prime Minister) is only the Head of Government, the Queen is the Head of State.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    No, we have the Queen as head of state of the UK, not a president.

    There is nothing that relates just to England. The UK Parliament has given Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland their own assemblies with limited powers to make law (in fact the Scottish Parliament has the power to vary income tax in Scotland by a small amount, but it has never used it yet) and they each have a First Minister, but England doesn't have one. Logically it should to be the same as the rest, but it doesn't. So quite a lot of Acts passed by Parliament are stated to relate only to England, or only to England and Wales.

    The assemblies have fairly wide powers to legislate for their own parts of the UK, and the way it is actually laid down in law is the list of what they can't do, which are called reserved matters. For example, the list of reserved matters in Scotland is here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/schedu... That's from the Scotland Act 1998, which set up the Scottish Parliament.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    No. The Prime Minister is pretty much the equivalent of a president. Whilst the queen is officially the head of state she has no real power.

    England should have its own assembly.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    No. Members of Parliament are elected by voters to represent different regions. The MPs vote for a prime minister. There is no president.

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  • Maxi
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    No the UK as a whole ( not just England) is a monarchy not a republic.. England doesn't have its own Parliament unlike the other countries in the UK who do http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    No,we do not have our own leader or parliament,which is wrong.

    If Scotland etc can all have their own leader then we should.

    The UK does not have a president either,we have a Prime Minister

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    I am English and have lived in England all my life and I am also confused .

  • keith
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    QUeen Elizabeth is our Head of State you clot

  • 5 years ago

    No.

    The UK has a royal family, so the queen is technically in charge.

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