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.
May 22nd 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lancashire Before I start I ought to tell you that Aimee will be doing a blog also. Her thoughts on the trip can be found at . Please "subscribe" to hers as well so that you can get both of our opinions on thing ... 17 photos[full story]
May 15th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lancashire Well, the flights are booked (not paid for yet though)!
Just a quick update so those of you that are recently "subscribed" will recieve an e-mail confirming this thing does actually work!!
I'm g ... [full story]
May 4th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lancashire » Oldham What a blast it was to see my old school chums from Hey with Zion primary school again. Last saw most of them when we all left in 1990 although still manage to keep in touch, mainly via email with a c ... 4 photos[full story]
March 6th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lancashire » Liverpool
After a couple of hours on the oldest remaining railroad division in the world, we entered the Liverpool Lime Street station. During 2008, Liverpoool is denominatend the . As a gothenburgian, reme ... 11 photos[full story]
March 4th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lancashire » Blackburn Hi everyone,
This is just a quick blog as we're setting off at 9.15 am tomorrow morning...I can't believe how quickly it has come round since Christmas/New Year.
So we've had ... 14 photos[full story]
February 13th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lancashire » Lancaster Gday again everyone
After the best shower we both have had since we have been here we decided we would go to Blackpool for the day.
What a brilliant day it was too.
Though for the most part t ... 10 photos[full story]
February 12th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lancashire » Lancaster We were up early again today and all packed before breakfast. We are going to spend the morning doing some washing before going on the 2 hour aqueduct canal tour. We finished the washing a bit earli ... 3 photos[full story]
February 5th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lancashire » Lancaster Shocking news! My mother and father have been parents for 20 years!
Anyways these are some photos from my birthday. It was so fun! Jon came up from Sheffield and we made dinner for our friends Amy ... 13 photos[full story]
January 28th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lancashire » Liverpool We've arrived in Liverpool and are being graciously hosted by my aunt and uncle-in-common-law (i.e. Paul's aunt and uncle) for the night. It was rather strange to wake up on a Monday morning, at the s ... [full story]
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