government of britain
41I'm Backing Britain — was a brief patriotic campaign aimed at boosting the British economy which flourished in early 1968. The campaign started spontaneously when five Surbiton secretaries volunteered to work an extra half an hour each day without pay in order to… …
42Destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain — Trentham Hall demolished in 1912. The Italianate Trentham was so lavish that the Shah of Persia in 1873 remarked to the future King Edward VII, of their host too grand for a subject, you ll have to have his head off when you come to the throne.… …
43George I of Great Britain — George I George I, c. 1714. Studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller. King of Great Britain and Ireland (more...) …
44Rail transport in Great Britain — The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest in the world. It consists of 21,000 miles of standard gauge track, of which 3062 is electrified. Historical overview The system was originally built as a patchwork of local rail links operated by… …
45History of socialism in Great Britain — The History of socialism in Great Britain is generally thought to stretch back to the 19th century. Starting to arise in the aftermath of the English Civil War notions of socialism in Great Britain have taken many different forms from the utopian …
46National Government (United Kingdom) — In the United Kingdom the term National Government is an abstract concept referring to a coalition of some or all major political parties. In a historical sense it usually refers primarily to the governments of Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin… …
47Options for Britain II — Articleissues orphan=March 2008 cleanup=March 2008 wikify=April 2008 notable=April 2008 essay=April 2008 Options for Britain II is an ESRC and Gatsby Charitable Foundation Nuffield College and the [http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/ Department of… …
48History of rail transport in Great Britain — This article is part of the history of rail transport by country series. The railway system of Great Britain, the principal territory of the United Kingdom is the oldest in the world. The system was originally built as a patchwork of local rail… …
49History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948 - 1994 — This article is part of a series on the History of rail transport in Great Britain The History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948 1994 covers the period when the British railway system was nationalised under British Rail (initially known as… …
50Great Britain — This article is about the island. For the modern state, see United Kingdom. For the state that existed from 1707 to 1801, see Kingdom of Great Britain. For the ship, see SS Great Britain. For other uses, see Great Britain (disambiguation). Great… …
