31 May 2016
Brexit | economy | EUROPEAN UNION | Remain | UK | Vote leave | Economic policy | Europe | Eurozone crisis | International | Economy
At the referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union a key issue will be the economy. Many voters will ask themselves whether they personally...
30 Jan 2014
Africa | Chagos Islands | Colonialism | Diego Garcia | Mauritius | sovereignty | territorial disputes | UK | US military bases | International
The Chagos Islands are an archipelago of 55 islands with a total land area of just 60km2 of which the largest, Diego Garcia makes up 44km2. The islands are a...
28 Jan 2013
Development aid | India | Overseas Development Assistance | poverty | UK | Economic policy | Asia | Global | International | Economy
In November 2012 the UK’s International Development Secretary, Justine Greening, announced that “We [the British government] have agreed that the...
13 Sep 2011
citizenship | Democracy | direct democracy | international organizations | plebiscites | Politics | referendums | sovereignty | UK | UN
The United Kingdom held its first national referendum, or direct-democracy vote, in 1975. This vote confirmed UK membership of the European Economic Community...
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