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How accurate is it to describe the UK as a cohesive political culture?  

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How accurate is it to describe the UK as a cohesive political culture. The phrase 'political culture' is used a lot and often has a lot of different connotations. Because of this there could a few variations on whether the UK is a cohesive political culture. Most commonly the phrase refers to the a common set of values and ideals which the majority of the populace hold true. But it does not stop there; it is also hard to define what to measure the political culture against and what to count as the majority. For instance in feudal times it is most probable that Britain was described as a unified political culture, yet this was only true as the only people being asked were aristocratic white men. A modern day example of this would be stating that the state of Israel is homogeneous, but only as the current government...

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