UK
The UK is a country made up of other countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Particularly in the context of history, it’s often called Britain. It’s notorious for the history of British colonisation and imperialism. I visited in 2016 and felt curiously like I was visiting some far-flung part of Australia, but considering we’re one of the countries they colonised, that shouldn’t be too surprising! My own family background is also mostly British, and the cultural similarities are still present.
Wiki
- : 🪴 London Bridge: London Bridge is the name of a series of bridges in London that have been built in roughly the exact same spot. The …
- : 🪴 Keir Starmer: Keir Starmer is the right-wing current leader of the British Labour Party who ousted the left-wing Jeremy Corbyn and …
- : 👮 “spycops” controversy: The “spycops” controversy refers to an operation conducted by police in the UK, where they assigned …
- : 💬 English: English is a Germanic language with approx. 373 million native speakers and 1.08 billion L2 speakers, making it the most …
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Links
- : 👮 Link: “Britain’s Government Has Decided No One Should Police the Police”
- : 📺 Link: “Roughly 3,000 Words on Yes Minister Pilot Edits” by John Hoare
- : 🇱🇰 Link: “DFAT urged to retract 'inaccurate' report saying Sri Lankans face low torture risk, following UK court finding”
- : 📺 Link: “Dirty Feed – Northern Star” by John Hoare
- : 🧶 Link: “British diver Tom Daley knits dog jumper and cosy for Olympic Games gold medal”
- : 🇬🇧 Link: “BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen”
- : 🇬🇧 Link: “Revealed: UK Gov't Plans Publicity Blitz to Undermine Chat Privacy”
- : 🏏 Link: “Is English cricket's class and race problem behind their dismal Ashes defeat?”
- : 📚 Link: “Please don’t let anyone Americanise it!”
- : 🏫 Link: “No to the Cane”
- : 👮 Link: “British Police Have Disturbingly Deceived Many Activists Into Romantic Relationships”
- : 🇬🇧 Link: “MI5 agent used secret status to terrorise girlfriend”
- : 🏫 Link: “The Stepney schoolchildren’s strike, 1971”
- : 🇬🇧 Link: “‘I don’t want to live in a society where people are kidnapped from their homes’: the neighbours fighting immigration raids”
- : 🇬🇧 Link: “Should class snobbery be banned?”
- : 🏘 Link: “Fifty-year mortgages that you pass on to your children – the new plan to boost home ownership”
- : 🇬🇧 Link: “How Socialists Should Think About National Independence Struggles”
- : 🇬🇧 Link: “Republican protesters arrested at King Charles proclamations”
- : 💬 Link: “A Brief History of Dik”
- : 🇮🇱 Link: “The Queen is dead, but her colonial legacy lives on in Israel-Palestine”
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Jessica Smith is a left-wing feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also very interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.