...the Conservative Party split over the repeal of the protectionist Corn Laws in 1846). Although the Cabinet was united in their advocacy of Free Trade, this rich political compound contained...
...complex, but also surprisingly contemporary. United States A Democratic President faced fierce Republican opposition in both domestic and foreign policy. Roosevelt’s New Deal programme of social and economic measures to...
...full flow, he simply said ‘No’. Clement Attlee (The National Archives reference INF 14/19) It is difficult to envisage a twenty-first century politician passing up the opportunity to promote their...
Communities across the United Kingdom are marking the First World War centenary through numerous projects thanks to funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Members of the public have been...
...society but are united in the resolve to defend the particular society to which they belong.’ Strengthened faith in Britain They were the ‘regulars’ who emerged from the War with...
...claim was subsequently repeated in a second broadcast by the French author Roland Dorgeles. Before long, it had been cabled to the USA and spread worldwide by the United Press...
...for 1 December 1976 refer to United States president Gerald Ford as a ‘lame duck’. The minutes state Benn arguing that ‘the country was in the depth of a slump...
...parliamentary triumphs or promotion. The end of the war with France saw the Colonial Office remain as a Colonial and not a Military Department and both Lord Bathurst, Private Secretary,...
...the details that affected individual countries. Roosevelt’s other pet project, the United Nations, would, he was determined, ensure a peaceful environment that permitted US disengagement. The Second World War had...
...(1773) which was a significant factor in provoking the American War of Independence Interesting facts North was in office when the United States of America declared independence Keep tabs on...