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King Henry VII (reigned 1485–1509) concentrated on establishing peace in England, especially against the threatened rebellions by the newly defeated House of York. Foreign affairs apart from Scotland were not a high priority. Scotland was an independent country, and peace was agreed to in 1497.
The King and Country Debate was a debate on 9 February 1933 at the Oxford Union Society. The motion presented, "That this House will under no circumstances fight for its King and country", passed with 275 votes for the motion and 153 against it. [1] The motion would later be named the Oxford Oath or the Oxford Pledge.
A political party campaigning for English Independence was formed in February 2008, the Free England Party, it achieving some minor electoral success before disbanding in December 2009. An English Parliament within the UK was the (3.2.2) 2016 Manifesto pledge of the English Democrats. [39] An English Independence party was registered in 2016. [40]
The UK's Operation Shader is ongoing as part of intervention in Iraq and Syria (2014–present) 3,000+ ISIL fighters killed in 1,700 British airstrikes. [54] [55] Ongoing operations by UK Special Forces in Syria. British armed forces provide material and training to Iraqi Security Forces and Peshmerga. [56] [57]
For leisure or work, for getting or spending, England was a better country in 1879 than in 1815. The scales were less weighted against the weak, against women and children, and against the poor. There was greater movement, and less of the fatalism of an earlier age.
Fourteen British Overseas Territories maintain a constitutional link to the UK, but are not part of the country per se. [21] Britain slashed its involvements in the Middle East after the humiliating Suez Crisis of 1956. However Britain did forge close military ties with the United States, France, and Germany, through the NATO military alliance.
Armory v Delamirie (1722) K.B., 1 Strange 505, 93 ER 664, right to property that you find. Entick v Carrington (1765), right against arbitrary search and seizure; Lord Camden, quoting almost verbatim from John Locke, held that man entered society to secure his "property" (lives, liberties and estates). His principle was that the individual ...
The Commonwealth is now open to any country committed to peace, liberty, equality, and development, as in the Harare Declaration of 1991. With the European Communities Act 1972, the UK became a member of the European Union, with representation in the European Parliament. This is "not merely an economic union" but is intended to "ensure social ...