United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics of the United Kingdom Parliament The Crown: Queen Elizabeth II House of Lords Lord Chancellor: Lord Falconer House of Commons Speaker: Michael Martin Prime Minister: Tony Blair Cabinet Government departments Scottish Parliament Scottish ExecutiveIncluding:

• British House of Commons - History
• British House of Commons - The Reform Acts and Parliament Acts
• British House of Commons - Members and elections
• British House of Commons - Qualifications
• British House of Commons - Officers
• British House of Commons - Procedure
• British House of Commons - Committees
• British House of Commons - Legislative functions
• British House of Commons - Relationship with the Government
• British House of Commons - Latest election
• British House of Commons - Current composition
• British House of Commons - The chamber in film and television

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Parliament developed from the council that advised the King during mediæval times. This royal council, meeting for short-term periods, included ecclesiastics, noblemen, as well as representatives of the counties (known as "knights of the shire"). The chief duty of the council was to approve taxes proposed by the Crown. In many cases, however, the council demanded the redress of the people's grievances before proceeding to vote ...

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British House of Commons, British House of Commons - History, British House of Commons - The Reform Acts and Parliament Acts, British House of Commons - Members and elections, British House of Commons - Qualifications, British House of Commons - Officers, British House of Commons - Procedure, British House of Commons - Committees, British House of Commons - Legislative functions, British House of Commons - Relationship with the Government, British House of Commons - Latest election, British House of Commons - Current composition, British House of Commons - The chamber in film and television

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1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). 1971 - Events. January 1 - British Divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 - 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. January 2 - A ban on television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States. January 3 - BBC Open University begins in the United Kingdom Januar ...

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• 1971 - February
• 1971 - March
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• 1971 - May
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• 1971 - July
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• 1971 - September
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• 1971 - November
• 1971 - December
• 1971 - unknown dates
• 1971 - Births
• 1971 - January
• 1971 - February
• 1971 - March
• 1971 - April
• 1971 - May
• 1971 - June
• 1971 - July
• 1971 - August
• 1971 - September-
• 1971 - October
• 1971 - November
• 1971 - December
• 1971 - Unknown date
• 1971 - Deaths
• 1971 - January
• 1971 - February
• 1971 - March
• 1971 - April
• 1971 - May
• 1971 - June
• 1971 - July
• 1971 - August
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• 1971 - October
• 1971 - November
• 1971 - December
• 1971 - Nobel Prizes

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The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was the military side of the American Revolution. It was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and the United States of America. The war began largely as a colonial revolt against the economic policies of the British Empire, but eventually widened far beyond British North America, with France, Spain, and the Netherlands entering the war against Great Britain. Addition ...

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• American Revolutionary War - Combatants
• American Revolutionary War - Political Crisis of 1775-1776
• American Revolutionary War - European nations
• American Revolutionary War - Blacks and Native Americans
• American Revolutionary War - War in the North
• American Revolutionary War - Massachusetts 1774 to 1776
• American Revolutionary War - Canada 1775 to 1776
• American Revolutionary War - New York and New Jersey 1776 to 1777
• American Revolutionary War - Saratoga Campaign 1777
• American Revolutionary War - Philadelphia campaign 1777 to 1778
• American Revolutionary War - War in the West
• American Revolutionary War - War in the South
• American Revolutionary War - Carolinas 1780 to 1781
• American Revolutionary War - Virginia 1775 to 1781
• American Revolutionary War - War at sea
• American Revolutionary War - Gulf Coast
• American Revolutionary War - Caribbean
• American Revolutionary War - India
• American Revolutionary War - Netherlands
• American Revolutionary War - Mediterranean
• American Revolutionary War - Whitehaven
• American Revolutionary War - War's end
• American Revolutionary War - Casualties
• American Revolutionary War - Notes
• American Revolutionary War - Scholarly Secondary Sources

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Amateurism is the philosophy that elevates things done without self-interest above things done for pay, especially with regard to sports which require participants to be amateurs. A zealously guarded ideal in the 19th century, it faced steady decline throughout the 20th century and is now held to by few organisations, even if they maintain the word "Amateur" in their titles. The term shamateurism refers to the issues which sometimes arose at the elite level of such sports. In some cases it became possible for successful ...

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• Amateurism - Background
• Amateurism - The present day
• Amateurism - The Olympics
• Amateurism - Rugby
• Amateurism - Cricket
• Amateurism - Football soccer
• Amateurism - Sailing
• Amateurism - Figure Skating
• Amateurism - Other sports
• Amateurism - Footnote

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The Most Noble Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. Commissioned an Ensign in the British Army, he would rise to prominence in the Napoleonic Wars, eventually reaching the rank of Field Marshal. Wellington commanded the Allied forces during the Peninsular War, pushing the French Army out of Portugal and Spain and reaching southern Fran ...

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• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - Early life
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - Napoleonic Wars
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - Wellington as soldier
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - Later life
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - Titles & Honours
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - British & Irish Honours
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - International Honours & Titles
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - Nicknames
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - Trivia
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - The Duke of Wellington's Government January 1828–November 1830
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - The Duke of Wellington's Caretaker Government November 1834–December 1834
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - References
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington - External links

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The fighting in World War I ended when an armistice took effect at 11:00 hours on November 11, 1918. In the aftermath of World War I the political, cultural, and social order of the world was drastically changed in many places, even outside the areas directly involved in the war. New countries were formed, old ones were altered, international organizations were established, and many new and old ideas took a firm hold in people's minds. Aftermath of World War I - Blockade of Germany. Throughout the armistice ...

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• Aftermath of World War I - Blockade of Germany
• Aftermath of World War I - Treaty of Versailles
• Aftermath of World War I - Influenza pandemic
• Aftermath of World War I - Geopolitical and economic consequences
• Aftermath of World War I - Revolutions
• Aftermath of World War I - Germany
• Aftermath of World War I - Russia
• Aftermath of World War I - Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Aftermath of World War I - Ottoman Empire
• Aftermath of World War I - United Kingdom
• Aftermath of World War I - United States
• Aftermath of World War I - France
• Aftermath of World War I - Social trauma
• Aftermath of World War I - Remains of ammunition
• Aftermath of World War I - War memorials
• Aftermath of World War I - Resources
• Aftermath of World War I - Main articles

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Arthur Griffith (Árt Ó Gríofa in Irish) (March 31, 1871 – August 12, 1922) was the founder and first leader of Sinn Féin. He served as President of Dáil Éireann from January to August 1922, and was head of the Irish delegation at the negotiations that produced the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921. Arthur Griffith - Early life. Arthur Griffith was born in Dublin, Ireland on March 31, 1871, of distant Welsh lineage, and was educated by the Christian Brothers of Ireland, a Catholic Religious order. He ...

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• Arthur Griffith - Early life
• Arthur Griffith - Foundation of Sinn Féin
• Arthur Griffith - 1916 Rising
• Arthur Griffith - War of Independence
• Arthur Griffith - Quotations
• Arthur Griffith - Sources
• Arthur Griffith - See Also

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Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American businessman and major philanthropist and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company which later became U. S. Steel. He is known for having, later in his life, given away most of his riches to fund the establishment of many libraries, schools, and universities in America and worldwide. Andrew Carnegie - Formative influences. Andrew Carnegie - The Carnegie family in Scotland. Andrew Carneg ...

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• Andrew Carnegie - Formative influences
• Andrew Carnegie - The Carnegie family in Scotland
• Andrew Carnegie - Immigration to America
• Andrew Carnegie - Early career
• Andrew Carnegie - 1850-1860: A 'self made man'
• Andrew Carnegie - 1860-1865: Carnegie during the U.S. Civil War
• Andrew Carnegie - Postwar years 1865-1880: Carnegie the investor
• Andrew Carnegie - 1880-1890: Carnegie the scholar and activist
• Andrew Carnegie - Carnegie the industrialist
• Andrew Carnegie - 1885-1900: Building an empire of steel
• Andrew Carnegie - 1901: The formation of U.S. Steel
• Andrew Carnegie - 1901-1915: Carnegie the philanthropist
• Andrew Carnegie - Later personal life
• Andrew Carnegie - Controversial aspects of Carnegie's life
• Andrew Carnegie - 1892: The Homestead strike
• Andrew Carnegie - Carnegie and the Johnstown Flood
• Andrew Carnegie - Philosophy
• Andrew Carnegie - Writings
• Andrew Carnegie - Trivia

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1. In common with the rest of the UK. 2. No official anthem. God Save the Queen is traditionally the UK national anthem. See national symbols below. Scotland (Alba in Gaelic) is a nation in northwest Europe and a constituent country of the United Kingdom. The country occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south with England and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the ...

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• Scotland - Etymology
• Scotland - History
• Scotland - Politics
• Scotland - Law
• Scotland - Subdivisions
• Scotland - Geography
• Scotland - Climate
• Scotland - Economy
• Scotland - Demographics
• Scotland - Language
• Scotland - Religion
• Scotland - Education
• Scotland - Culture
• Scotland - Music
• Scotland - Literature
• Scotland - Sport
• Scotland - Media
• Scotland - National symbols
• Scotland - Gallery of Images

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Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Salisbury. It is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones, known as megaliths. There is some debate about the age of the stone circle, but most archaeologists think that it was mainly constructed between 2500 BC and 2000 BC. The older circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute perhaps the earliest phase o ...

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• Stonehenge - Etymology
• Stonehenge - Development of Stonehenge
• Stonehenge - Stonehenge 1
• Stonehenge - Stonehenge 2
• Stonehenge - Stonehenge 3i
• Stonehenge - Stonehenge 3ii
• Stonehenge - Stonehenge 3iii
• Stonehenge - Stonehenge 3iv
• Stonehenge - Stonehenge 3v
• Stonehenge - Stonehenge 3vi
• Stonehenge - Theories about Stonehenge
• Stonehenge - Early interpretations
• Stonehenge - Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge
• Stonehenge - The bluestones
• Stonehenge - Stonehenge as part of a ritual landscape
• Stonehenge - Construction techniques and design
• Stonehenge - Alternative views
• Stonehenge - Excavations at Stonehenge
• Stonehenge - Myths and legends
• Stonehenge - Recent history
• Stonehenge - Laser scanning the Bronze Age dagger and axes at Stonehenge
• Stonehenge - Replicas and derivative names

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1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). 1919 - Events. 1919 - January. January 1 - Iolaire sinking disaster January 1 - Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 - Spartacist uprising - Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution January 9 - Spartacus revolutionary council folds – Friedrich Ebert orde ...

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• 1919 - May-June
• 1919 - July-November
• 1919 - December
• 1919 - Unknown dates
• 1919 - Births
• 1919 - January-April
• 1919 - May-August
• 1919 - September-December
• 1919 - Deaths
• 1919 - Nobel Prizes

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1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. 1992 - Events. 1992 - January. January 1 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 - George H. W. Bush becomes the first President of the United States to address the Australian Parliament. January 8 - Bosnian Serbs declare their own republic within Bosnia-Herzegovina in protest to the decision by Bosnian Muslims and ...

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• 1992 - February
• 1992 - March
• 1992 - April
• 1992 - May
• 1992 - June
• 1992 - July
• 1992 - August
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• 1992 - October
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• 1992 - December
• 1992 - Unknown Dates
• 1992 - Fictional Events
• 1992 - Births
• 1992 - Deaths
• 1992 - January-April
• 1992 - May-December
• 1992 - Unknown date
• 1992 - Nobel Prizes
• 1992 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
• 1992 - Templeton Prize
• 1992 - Alternative

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Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. It began in the mid-1980s, when producers of house music discovered that they could create interesting sounds with the Roland TB-303 analogue bass synthesizer by tweaking the resonance and frequency cut-off dials as they played. Acid house music became a central part of the early rave scene in the U.K., and the yellow smiley became its emblem. Acid house - Etymology. There are co ...

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• Acid house - Etymology
• Acid house - Notable acid house artists

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A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at a pre-arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon fandom, industry, and profession. Fan conventions usually feature sales, people dressed up as their favorite characters, and guest celebrities. Trade conventions typically focus on a particular industry or industry segment, and feature keynote speakers, vendor displays, and other information and activities of interest to the ev ...

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The Right Honourable William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and currently Shadow Foreign Secretary. William Hague - Initial political career. Hague was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, into a middle-class family in a strongly working-class area. He made the national news at the age of sixteen by speaking at the Conservative party's 1977 national conference. In his speech he rem ...

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• William Hague - Leadership of Conservative Party
• William Hague - Backbenches
• William Hague - Return to the Shadow Cabinet

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Wales (Welsh: Cymru; pronounced IPA: /ˈkəmɹi/, approximately "CUM-ree") is one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. Wales is located in the south-west of Great Britain and is bordered by Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the east, the Bristol Channel to the south, St George's Channel ...

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• Wales - Origin of Name
• Wales - History
• Wales - Politics
• Wales - Law
• Wales - Geography
• Wales - Subdivisions
• Wales - Economy
• Wales - Demographics
• Wales - Language
• Wales - Religion
• Wales - Culture
• Wales - Food
• Wales - Music
• Wales - Sport
• Wales - Media
• Wales - National symbols
• Wales - Photos of Wales
• Wales - Notable Welsh people

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The unreformed House of Commons is the name generally given to the British House of Commons as it existed before the Reform Act of 1832. (Until the Act of Union of 1707 joining the Kingdoms of Scotland and England (to form the Kingdom of Great Britain), Scotland had its own Parliament (see Scottish Parliament), and the term refers to the English House of Commons (which included representatives from Wales from the 16th century). From 1707 to 1832 the term refers to the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Great BritainIncluding:

• Unreformed House of Commons - Composition of the House
• Unreformed House of Commons - County members
• Unreformed House of Commons - Borough members
• Unreformed House of Commons - University members
• Unreformed House of Commons - Welsh members
• Unreformed House of Commons - Scottish members
• Unreformed House of Commons - Irish members
• Unreformed House of Commons - Unrepresented towns
• Unreformed House of Commons - Movements for reform
• Unreformed House of Commons - End of the Unreformed House
• Unreformed House of Commons - Table of counties and boroughs
• Unreformed House of Commons - English counties
• Unreformed House of Commons - English boroughs
• Unreformed House of Commons - Welsh counties
• Unreformed House of Commons - Welsh boroughs
• Unreformed House of Commons - Scottish counties
• Unreformed House of Commons - Scottish boroughs
• Unreformed House of Commons - Irish counties
• Unreformed House of Commons - Irish boroughs
• Unreformed House of Commons - University seats

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A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, or United Nations People's Assembly (UNPA), is a proposed addition to the United Nations System that eventually would allow for direct election of UN delegates by citizens of member states. Proposals for a UNPA date back to the UN's formation in 1945, but largely stagnated until the 1990s. They have recently gained traction amidst increasing globalization, as national parliamentarians and citizens groups seek to counter the growing influence of unelected international bureaucracies. ...

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• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Purposes
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Implementations
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Basic options
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Details
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - History
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Support and opposition
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Support
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Opposition

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Article One of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the United States government, known as the Congress, which includes the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Article establishes the manner of election and qualifications of members of each House. In addition, it outlines legislative procedure and enumerates the powers vested in the legislative branch. Finally, it establishes limits on federal and state legislative power. Each of the first three Articles of the Constitution concern one o ...

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• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 1: The Congress
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2: The House of Representatives
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2 Clause 1: Term and Electors
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2 Clause 2: Qualifications
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2 Clause 3: Apportionment
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2 Clause 4: Vacancies
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2 Clause 5: Speaker other officers and impeachment
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3: The Senate
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 1: Composition and selection
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 2: Classes of senators and vacancies
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 3: Qualifications
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 4: Vice President as presiding official
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 5: President pro tempore and other Senate officers
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 6: Impeachment trials
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 7: Impeachment judgements
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 4: Elections and meetings
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 5: Procedure
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 6: Compensation privilege restriction on holding civil office
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 7: Bills
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 8: Powers of Congress
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Commerce Clause
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Other powers of Congress
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Necessary and Proper clause
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 9: Limits on Congress
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 10: Limits on the states

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