...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...
...allegations of corruption against advisers close to the President led to a heavy Republican defeat in the mid-term elections on 4 November 1958. There were also major tensions between the...
It has been 30 years since Communist rule in Eastern Europe finally ended with mass demonstrations, an end to one-Party rule, free elections and the opening of borders. Illegal organisations,...
The American Congress and the American people have never accepted any literal principle of equal sacrifice, financial or otherwise, between all the allied participants. Indeed, have we ourselves? Lord Keynes,...
...board HMS Prince of Wales [Licence: Creative Commons Attribution Wikimedia] ‘The President of the United States of America and the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, representing His Majesty’s Government in the...
...America, free of any pangs as to our traditional links or kinship with the United Kingdom.' Commons Wikimedia Keep tabs on the past. Sign up for our email alerts....
...between 1948 and 1950, the US channelled $12 billion into the European Recovery Programme. Britain received the lion’s share of $2.7 billion. The US offer and Soviet response set the...
...a powerful impact, not just in the United States but also in the United Kingdom, on the European continent and elsewhere? Of course, the killing of an American President is...
...the 2 great dangers of "war and tyranny", Churchill praised the United States, with which the British Commonwealth and Empire had a "special relationship", as standing "at the pinnacle of...
...in the way in which intelligence was collated and assessed by the JIC, stressing that assessment should be free from policy (or political) considerations. She also expressed a wish to...