Background: Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999, but the latter is suspended due to bickering over the peace process.
June 18th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Tooting Bec Today I arrived back in London at 7am from taking the overnight train home from Glasgow, it wasn't too bad at all - much better than I was expecting! Caught the tube back to Kath's and slept.
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June 8th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Tooting Bec Sunday was a really lazy day, slept in, went to the Internet Cafe, went to Primark (which is sort of like Kmart) and got some nice new clothes with Kath.
Kath and I also went to Sainsbury's (a supe ... [full story]
February 14th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » London » Tooting Bec Brett and I have now been in London for two days now and in some ways it's very similiar to Melbourne and in others it's like nothing ive ever exprienced before. Yesterday (wednesday) was the first fu ... [full story]
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