Britain is ‘broke and broken’, new government declares Britain’s government declared the country was “broke and broken” ahead of an assessment of the public finances on Monday which the newly-elected Labour Party will use to blame their predecessors for a 20 billion pound (€23.7 billion...
10May-NevilleChamberlainresignsasPrimeMinister,andisreplacedbyWinstonChurchill.13May-WinstonChurchill,makeshisfamous"Ihavenothingtoofferyoubutblood,toil,tears,andsweat"speechtotheHouseofCommons10June-ItalydeclareswaronFranceandtheUnitedKingdom.18June-ChurchillmakeshisBattleofBritainspeechtotheHouseofCommons,"......
federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the government. • Executive: The president is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law, ...
1521 Pope Leo X conferred the title ofFidei defensoror ‘Defender of the Faith’ on King Henry VIII of England. Despite Britain becoming a predominantly Protestant land, successive British monarchs have continued to use the term, as Heads of the Church of England. | 1522-25 England at war w...
The king was now in great need of money. He was at war with Spain and had promised to pay L30,000 a month to Christian IV. of Denmark in support of the Protestant campaign in Germany. To these necessities was now added a war with France. Charles had never kept his promise concerning...
the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their play-going.It is the playgoers, the RSC declares, who bring in much of the town’s income because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights ) pouring money into hotels and restaurants.The sightseers can take in...
The author declares that she has no competing interest. Acknowledgements With my sincerest thanks to Peter Campbell for his permission to use the letters of R. J. T. Evans, and to both Peter and Pamela Campbell for the invaluable work they did in preserving this material. Thanks also to Pro...
“Bern Elliott declares it’s not Liverpool but—The Hamburg Sound,”New Musical Express, 13 December 1963. 75. Everett,You’ll never be 16 again, 12. 76. See Reynolds,Rich Relations; Gardiner,Over Here. For exchange between locals and American soldiers see John Barr, “America, England,”...
an announcer declares. On the screen, Romney, pitchfork in hand, debates Ted Kennedy, whom he was seeking to unseat. "I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country," Romney says. "Since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years that we should sustain and support ...