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The militant suffragette movement was suspended during the war and never resumed. British society credited the new patriotic roles women played as earning them the vote in 1918. [53] However, British historians no longer emphasize the granting of woman suffrage as a reward for women's participation in war work.
Issues that had been identified as important by voters who were likely to vote remain included the impact on Britain's economy (40%), the number of immigrants coming into Britain (15%), Britain's ability to trade with countries in the European Union (12%), the impact on British jobs (11%), the impact on the rights of British workers (10% ...
In addition to this, the influence of these political bots can be argued to have had a determining impact on the referendum, with Howard & Kollanyi (2016) finding that 7/10 of the most active accounts regarding Brexit were likely to be bots with ties to the VoteLeave campaign and the UKIP party.
Tennis spread from upper-class estates into tennis clubs in middle-class suburbs, where it became a woman's specialty. [99] Women increasingly frequented gyms, which sprang up everywhere; by the mid-1990s, one in six members were women. [100] Middle-class men and women were usually more active than working-class people were.
Muhammad Ali Nasir and Jamie Morgan two British economists differentiated and reflected on the weakness of the Sterling due to the weak external position of the UK's economy and the further role played by the uncertainty surrounding Brexit [166] They reported that during the week of the referendum, up to the declaration of the result, exchange ...
A 2019 UCL Institute of Education report found an achievement gap in areas such as Reading and Writing (in English) between Eastern European students and those of a white British background. [3] This, however, could be explained by the fact that English is their second language, as well as the fact that Slavic languages differ from English to a ...
Bateman is a frequent critic of Brexit, arguing that "Brexit leaves Britain naked", [15] and that leaving the EU would hurt low-income families, [16] damage British scientific research, [17] would reduce trade and investment, and would place freedom for the nation state ahead of freedom for the individual. [18]
The Industrial Revolution and British Society (1993) pp 54–78. Kanner, Barbara. Women in English Social History, 1800–1914: A Guide to Research (2 vol 1988–1990). 871 pp. Navickas, Katrina. "What happened to class? New histories of labour and collective action in Britain," Social History, May 2011, Vol. 36 Issue 2, pp 192–204; Thompson ...