tour guide

Tower You Doing?

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September 18th 2008
Yesterday morning, we had a short orientation session (by short, I mean over two hours) dedicated solely to politics and social/economic issues in Britain. Lord Taverne, a Labour MP and former Treasury Minister who left the Labour Party to help establish the Social Democratic Party, led the discussions. Very engaging man - originally a lawyer, he was appointed Queen’s Counsel and was recently ap ... read more

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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 ear... ... read more