1962 Jamaican independence talks revisited
Total Politics | August 2012
Over Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, parties, pageants and the popping of corks consumed the nation – and many parts of the world.
For the Queen still reigns over 16 Commonwealth realms, from Australia to Antigua. Half a century ago, during the 1960s, the British Empire was unravelling at a fast pace, as the little pink bits on the map became a multicoloured tapestry of independent nations. Read more...
For the Queen still reigns over 16 Commonwealth realms, from Australia to Antigua. Half a century ago, during the 1960s, the British Empire was unravelling at a fast pace, as the little pink bits on the map became a multicoloured tapestry of independent nations. Read more...
A short history of marriage legislation
Total Politics | July 2012
The coalition government is in a spot of self-inflicted bother about marriage. It is hard to disagree that civil marriage should any longer be confined to unions between men and women.
But an onlooker could ask, why act now?
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But an onlooker could ask, why act now?
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Debate from the vault: A drinking problem
Total Politics | June 2012
The humble British drinker is being hammered from all sides. Beer taxes have increased by 42 per cent in four years, during which time 4,500 pubs have closed at a rate of 16 per week. Now the government is considering a floor price for
alcohol to tackle the nation’s Hogarthian town centres, and Scotland’s ban on multi-buy promotions (which the coalition wants to imitate) is pounding the already suffering wine trade.
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alcohol to tackle the nation’s Hogarthian town centres, and Scotland’s ban on multi-buy promotions (which the coalition wants to imitate) is pounding the already suffering wine trade.
Read more here...
Debate from the vault: Peak power
Total Politics | May 2012
A Commons debate on 3 May 1866 shows the Victorians had concerns about energy sourcing, says Nik Darlington.
This article is from the May issue of Total Politics. Read more here.
This article is from the May issue of Total Politics. Read more here.
The original Falklands debate
Total Politics | April 2012
“We are here because, for the first time in many years, British sovereign territory has been invaded by a foreign power,” Margaret Thatcher announced, as MPs gathered in the Commons for the first Saturday session since the Suez crisis.
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An ancient tunnel
Total Politics | March 2012
Nik Darlington opens the archives on parliamentary debates that made history. This month, the House of Commons debates the Channel Tunnel on 27 June 1888.
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The Lie of the Land
The Richmond Magazine | February 2012
We all know that an Act of Parliament was required to save the view from Richmond Hill. Or was it? Historian and journalist Nik Darlington reveals the truth behind the Act and its lessons for planning law today.
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Debates from the Vault: 'It's all a bit academic'
Total Politics | February 2012
Continuing his series on the parliamentary debates that made history, Nik Darlington examines the January 1944 Commons debate of Rab Butler’s Education Act.
This article is from the February issue of Total Politics. Read more here...
This article is from the February issue of Total Politics. Read more here...
Debates from the Vault: 'From cradle to grave'
Total Politics | January 2012
In a new series, Nik Darlington opens the archives on parliamentary debates that made history. This month is a Commons debate on the birth of the National Health Service, 9 February 1948.
This article is from the January issue of Total Politics. Read more here...
This article is from the January issue of Total Politics. Read more here...
