United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The legislation for the fifth carbon budget will be proposed by the government in 2016. The UK Committee on Climate Change carries out an assessment each year on whether the United Kingdom is going to meet its carbon budgets, and reports the results to the Parliament. Currently the country is going to outperform its first two carbon budgets. Economy-wide emissions fell by 7 % in 2011 from a base point of 1990. The reason for this…

Winston "Winnie" Churchill Winston Churchill was born on November 30th, 1874 in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom in the Blenheim Palace. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill is a known as one of the world's greatest leaders along with many titles such as Prime Minister, Journalist, Author, Orator, Statesman, Soldier and Historian. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts" - Winston Churchill. Churchill was raised in a very aristocratic family with his…

significance of the battle is what keeps it alive to this day in Scotland. This past June, tens of thousands of people gathered to watch a reenactment of the battle in honor of it’s 700th anniversary . Musicians and comedians performed, there was great food, great beer, and an incredibly realistic representation of the Battle of Bannockburn was staged by hundreds of actors. Bannockburn day is not a holiday that is typically recognized in parts of the world other…

Guns are a weapon. A dangerous one. I cannot name a single country which bans them outright, but I can name many whose gun control laws have made a quantifiable impact on the violence committed. Why does America struggle to change its views on guns? Gun control has been proven to make a serious impact on murder rates. Gun ownership, contrary to popular belief, is not an infallible right. And they cause more crime than they prevent. I do not suggest that guns be banned outright, but it is…

The War of Independence also known as the Revolutionary War. It was a war on North America between thirteen British colonies and the kingdom of Great Britain. The war was the result of many events over a long time period of the political American Revolution ,where the British rule was overtaken by the colonist. An army was formed by revolutionaries that took control of the 2nd continental congress in 1775. The next year, they declared their independence as a brand new nation, the U.S From 1778…

have built their cultures and societies around the geography, resources available, and themselves. While some powerful nations, such as the United States and China, can differ in nearly every way, in the Western world contrast between the countries becomes minor. This essay will explore the similarities and dissimilarities between Finland and the United Kingdom from interactionist and postmodernist viewpoints, in the areas relating to ethnocentrism, integration, and taboos. When comparing…

originally from France, moved to Quebec, Canada to take advantage of the inexpensive land. Several generations later, my grandmother’s parents immigrated to the United States to escape the few educational and employment opportunities. According to my paternal grandfather, the Gunthers, who are originally from Germany, moved to the United States to escape the requirement to join the military. Serving in the German military meant being paid four cents a day and living in terrible conditions. In…

with the former Lord Mayor put Derry much more into perspective for someone who is an outsider and is not educated well on The Troubles or Irish politics, past and present. In comparison to the current antics of American politics, Ireland and those a part of the United Kingdom are facing similar topics, though on a different scale. One of the most prevalent issues the former Lord Mayor talked about were gender rights, branching off briefly on women’s rights to abortions in the Republic. Within…

World War 1 In the beginning of World War 1, was an alliance between Britain, France, Ireland, and Russia. That alliance was called the Triple Entente. During this alliance, Germany was pairing themselves with Austria-Hungary, also known as the central powers. On June 28th, 1914, in an event widely regarded to have sparked the outbreak of the first great war. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungary empire, was found shot to death along with his wife by a Bosnian Serbian named…

England, the central nation of the United Kingdom and much of the Western World for centuries, is named for a derivative of the Old English name Englaland, which means "land of the Angles". The Angles are an ancient Germanic people whose presence in history is dated as far back as the first century AD. Since then, the small island nation has grown politically, economically, and territorially. While most of this territorial gain has not been permanent, the British empire was at one point the…