Politics Category
The Prime Minister
The powers and role of the Prime Minister (PM) have slowly increased and he/she now sets the government’s…
William Pitt the Younger
Britain’s youngest ever and second-longest-serving Prime Minister – almost 19 years – was William Pitt the Younger…
The Whips
In 1742 Lord Guernsey (1715-77) compared huntsmen’s assistants ‘whipping-in’ straying hounds back into the pack with Parliamentary…
Standing Orders
Mystifying as they may seem to a casual onlooker, there are certain procedural rules that everyone in…
Our Constitutional Monarchy
The current role of the British monarch is, on the surface, rather watered down compared to the…
The Northern Irish Peace Process
The period of riots, protests and terrorism that began in the late 1960s in Northern Ireland and…
Agricultural Policies
From peasant subsistence to ‘feeding the nation’, British agriculture has undergone many changes and been subjected to…
The British Constitution
A constitution sets out how a community has agreed to be governed. The British Constitution is a…
The Liberal Democrat Party
The Liberal Democrat Party (‘LibDems’) was formed in 1988 as an amalgamation of the Liberal Party and…
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Of the three dozen British dukedoms (duchies) that still exist, several are in royal possession (“merged in…
Order of Merit
King Edward VII (1841-1910) created the Order of Merit (OM) in 1902 in recognition of “..exceptionally meritorious…
The formation of Great Britain
One of the noteworthy figures in the formation of Great Britain (England, Wales & Scotland) was the…