The Independent Liberal Democrat Baroness Louise Tonge, apparently feels that Women should NOT be treated equally.
She has accused the new Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, about his year of insults and abuse that have been hurled at the last … Read the rest
The value of the British Pound at the moment is appearing to be very good in the eyes of many, especially those that are new to watching this particular currency comparison.
The next two graphs though show two very different … Read the rest
The Scottish independence referendum is scheduled for 18th September 2014, and will decide whether or not Scotland is to become an independent country. The planned date for independence, if successful is March 2016.
Have they begun to rebuild Hadrian’s Wall … Read the rest
The current Welsh National Assembly has 60 members, with another 40 Westminster MPs sitting in the UK Parliament in England.
In the two Devolution referendums in Wales during the last century, the results changed dramatically in the 18 years that … Read the rest
I never realised how difficult some questions were to answer, but this one: “How Many Countries in the World” caused some stress in discussions. And some Internet sites were no help either.
Is England a country or NOT ? Is … Read the rest
Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16–17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the “Dambusters”.
The Dambusters was an elite Lancaster bomber unit and the Operation Chastise raid was … Read the rest
On the 7th May 2013 the Irish government passed a bill to given pardons and amnesty to about 5,000 Irish troops who were classed as deserters in 1945.
This bill become law within days of being passed.
And it has … Read the rest
Minimum wage levels in selected developed economies as a share of median full-time wages in 2010
From the ILO chart 28 in the Global Wage Report:
Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990, died at the age of 87 on 8th April 2013.
Known as the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s first female prime minister, and made many notable changes … Read the rest
The International Labour Organization released figures of Average Earnings worldwide in 2012, and the BBC has a webpage where you can enter your own Pre Tax Income to see how it compares to the worlds averages. Although released in 2012, … Read the rest
