How Britain Really Works: Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation

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We often think of America as the arsenal of democracy building and producing so much war material. But in early 1940 they weren't in the war yet and actually Britain was relying on places within its empire to help to build its production facilities. EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters say energy companies should be taken into public ownership, poll finds

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Politics Big Read Why scrapping net zero low-traffic neighbourhoods could help Rishi Sunak win votes Read More If the vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar weren’t hard enough, this table sheds light on just how difficult it can be for a foreigner to understand what the British really mean when they’re speaking. A very important lesson not taught at school. Except that's not really true. In 1940 the British Empire controlled a quarter of the world's population and a fifth of its land mass. All of which, bar Ireland, was also at war with Germany. Thousands of aircraft, millions of men, and billions of pounds poured in from across the sea to keep Britain in the fight.Indian independence groups use this as evidence against the supposed invincibility of British rule. Widespread food shortages culminated in a devastating famine in Bengal that was largely ignored by the British. The imprisonment of thousands of Indians for political resistance fueled the demand for Britain to quit India. Not used as a heartfelt apology, rather it is used to avoid an embarrassing situation. Saying sorry is like a national tic. The Crisis in British Journalism Byline Times investigates media monopolies, their proximity to politicians, and how the punditocracy doesn’t hold power to account By 1941 Canada had opened 150 new factories to support the war effort. Their annual output reaching 800 million pounds worth of goods and it wasn't just Canada. Please report metadata errors at the source library. If there are multiple source libraries, know that we pull metadata from top to bottom, so the first one might be sufficient.

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How Britain Really Works is a guide to Britain and its institutions (the economy, the military, schools, hospitals, the media, and more), which explains just how we got to wherever it is we are. It will not tell you what opinions to have, but will give you the information to help you reach your own. By the end, you will know how Britain works - or doesn't. Archive Clip: "These men and women living all over the world are helping to fill the shopping basket of the British housewife."He also accused Westminster as being out of touch with how Britain really works and claimed it was too focused on talking about trains. Once Billy had completed 30 missions he was therefore entitled to arrest away from the fighting fronts. However, he asked to retrain as a pilot and he ended up flying Lancaster bombers for the rest of the war. This new German navy was a threat to Britain's naval dominance, the glue that held the empire together, and something for which Britain could not stand. That rivalry then turned into an arms race as each nation tried to outproduce the other with ever greater feats of technology. This culminated in the production of Dreadnought battleships which were seen as the nuclear weapons of their day. I still keep the first school prize I ever won on my bookshelf, a junior encyclopedia produced in 1964 by Readers’ Digest. Half a century on it remains one of the most useful volumes in my possession. The compendium of items, ranging from a simple description of the solar system through a list of the names of the kings and queens of England (still accurate after all these years) to the geography of the Americas, spells out in simple, rapid prose, all that the busy journalist needs to know about each topic. Sometimes we don’t have to read more than a sentence to get the picture we need. Argument Honestly held opinions and provocative argument based on current events or our recent reports.