Billy Strachan was one of those desperate to join up. He sold his motorbike and his saxophone to pay for the long voyage from his native Jamaica to Britain where he trained as an air gunner. Please report metadata errors at the source library. If there are multiple source libraries, know that we pull metadata from top to bottom, so the first one might be sufficient. Britain simply couldn't have fought the Second World War without its Empire. Rather than standing alone against the Nazis the manpower, factories, raw materials, money, and global supply chain of the Empire kept Britain in the fight. But there is another side to this story. People also gave on an individual level as well. Even people who had very little to give were still giving what they could. For example, despite the major food shortages in Mauritius, the country banded together as individuals to buy an entire spitfire squadron and provided the first mobile canteen van to London during the blitz in 1940. The proposals will also amend the guidance on low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) to ensure they are only implemented where there is “local consent” and stop councils ushering in so-called “15 minute cities” if they are deemed to overly restrict driving.

Rob Sedgwick’s review of How Britain Really Works

Archive Clip: "The alarm sounded and the many peoples of the Empire sprang to answer the call for service in the cause of liberty and justice. The men from Canada, from New Zealand, from Australia, from South Africa and many others fell in and the Empire marches."Referring to the concept’s ambition to make everyday essentials bike friendly – he vowed to make sure drivers are not “aggressively restricted”. EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters say energy companies should be taken into public ownership, poll finds The causes of the First World War are complex, they're still debated to this day. The nations didn't realize it at the time, but their attempts to defend what they perceived as their own national interests created a war that would shape Europe for decades to come. Most participants expected the war to be over by Christmas, but as we know the reality was very different. Archive Clip: "Southern Rhodesia began preparations for the great part she was to play in the Empire Air Training Scheme. United under the standard of the Royal Air Force, young men have come from every corner of the globe."

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Britain really initially admired this new nation, Britain really actually thought as a friend but imperial Germany soon began to threaten Britain's sense of supremacy. Its determination to up its industrial output, up its military strength, and most crucially for Britain build a rival fleet of warships. The poll, reported first by Byline Times shows that the public think the Tories are failing on almost every major issue. It’s damning stuff. Here are the results: To pay for all these goods and the people who made them Britain also needed cash and lots of it. The huge costs of war left Britain almost bankrupt in 1945 and without the financial support of the Empire things could have been even worse. To India, Britain owed over 1.3 billion pounds by the end of the war and Canada famously gave Britain the so-called billion-dollar gift which was never repaid.Identity, Empire and the Culture War Byline Times explores the weaponisation of Britain’s past as a key tool in a dark project of division and distraction Completely correct in all regards, read it now, read it carefully, memorize it, and don't ask me any more stupid questions about what I mean or look confused every time I use words that have more than two syllables. Bloody Americans.] Log in to Reply

How Britain Really Works by Stig Abell | Waterstones

There's this huge inequality of wealth that underpins British life at the turn of the 20th century. Only two-thirds of men have got the right to vote, absolutely no woman has the right to vote. So I'd say by the time you get to 1914 this is quite a volatile country. The Crisis in British Journalism Byline Times investigates media monopolies, their proximity to politicians, and how the punditocracy doesn’t hold power to account

The PM also criticised “15 Minute Cities” – a concept which maintains that urban centres should be designed so that everything a person needs, is within a 15-minute walk or cycle from their home. Getting to grips with Great Britain is harder than ever. We are a nation that chose Brexit, rejects immigration but is dependent on it, is getting older but less healthy, is more demanding of public services but less willing to pay for them, is tired of intervention abroad but wants to remain a global authority. We have an over-stretched, free health service (an idea from the 1940s that may not survive the 2020s), overcrowded prisons, a military without an evident purpose, an education system the envy of none of the Western world.