By 1938, Churchill was speaking out openly against British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's plan of appeasement with Nazi Germany. When Nazi Germany attacked Poland, Churchill's fears had proved correct. The public once again realized that Churchill had seen this coming. After 10 years out of...
图片题注:Ramsay MacDonald, first Labour prime minister (1924 and 1929–1931).参考译文:拉姆齐·麦克唐纳,第一任工党首相(1924年及1929年至1931年)。图片来源:Walter Stoneman 1923年大选结果出现悬浮议会:自由党获得159席;工党获得191席,不及下院席位数的三分之一,但仍超过自由党;而保守党坚持关税壁垒,致使其...
WinstonChurchill became prime minister and head of acoalition government in 1940. Despite the defeat of its European allies in thefirst year of the war, Britain and its Empire continued the fight alone againstGermany. Churchill engaged industry, scientists, and engineers to advise andsupport the ...
Dramatic CCTV images have shown the moment a drunk driver crashed into the gates of the prime minister's official country estate. Matthew Wootten has been jailed after Reading Crown Court heard he was nearly three times over the alcohol limitwhen his vehicle hit...
He lost the General Election in 1945 but returned as Prime Minister in 1951. He was an MP until he stood down at the 1964 General Election. Following his death in 1965, he was given a state funeral. He remains a much-admired figure to this day, and in 2002 was voted the greatest Br...
On 7 September 1921 a meeting of the United Kingdom's Cabinet took place outside London for the first time. Besides being remarkable for that reason, the session at Inverness in Scotland was also significant for the future of relationships between Britain and Ireland. Prim...
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on Downing Street, in London, Britain, September 7, 2021. Toby Melville | Reuters Britain's economy returned to growth in August after contracting for the first time in six months in July, keeping intact financial market bet...
It is clear from reading Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech and from listening to Ken Livingstone’s interview that Ken Livingstone did not tell the truth when he claimed repeatedly that his comments were backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This was his only line of defence. “The Tru...
King Edward VIII is still on the throne, Winston Churchill is a prisoner on theIsle of Man, and Prime Minister Mosley is conspiring with Adolf Hitler about the fate of Britain’s Jewish population.In Philip Roth‘s alternative history novel The Plot Against America, a secret pact between ...
35.Ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. 36.The two major parties in Britain today are the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democratic Party. 37.Ministers in Britain cannot be elected Members of Parliament at the same time. 38.Although Britain is ...