Order of Merit
King Edward VII (1841-1910) created the Order of Merit (OM) in 1902 in recognition of “..exceptionally meritorious service in Our Navy and […]
Category: Politics
The formation of Great Britain
One of the noteworthy figures in the formation of Great Britain (England, Wales & Scotland) was the 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658-1712) […]
The Civil Service
Members of Parliament can be regarded as the front-end, public-facing partners of His/Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service (HCS), an organisation which is tasked […]
The Good Parliament of 1376
The Good Parliament of 28 April – 10 July 1376 was followed by the Bad Parliament of 27 January – 2 March […]
The Brexit Party
2019 was the year the Brexit Party emerged as a phenomenal grass-roots success in British politics, focused on fully implementing the 2016 […]
The Chartist Movement
The 1832 Reform Act was a small step towards equal rights, such as they were then perceived, but the oppressed working classes […]
Coalition governments
With its first-past-the-post voting principle, a UK General Election does not often result in no party having a working majority of 326 […]
The Northern Ireland Assembly
Ever since its legal creation in 1921, Northern Ireland has had its own Parliament, or Assembly, but its operation has never been […]
Royal Assent
After a Bill passes through both Houses of Parliament, it must have Royal Assent to become an Act. The oldest way in […]
Nationalist parties
Considering that the UK has four constituent nations, it was perhaps inevitable that nationalist parties would emerge on the political scene. They […]
DEFRA
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is only the 10th biggest UK government department in terms of staff numbers, […]
The VC and GC awards for heroism
The Victoria Cross (VC), named after Queen Victoria (1819-1901), was instituted in 1856. It is a decoration given to military personnel who […]