Little Britain

 at  the   end  of  World  War  I  with  the  establishment  of  a  Chair  of  International  Relations  at   the  University  of  Wales.  Other  Chairs  followed  in  Britain  and  the  United  States.   International  relations  were  studied  before  1919,  but  there  was  no  discipline  as   such.  Its  subject  matter  was  shared  by  a  number

Revolutions and their impacts in Britain 5 The Industrial Revolution 6 Working and Living Conditions 7 Factory Legislation Mid-term exam 8 Electoral Reform 1832 Correction 9 Chartism and Unionism 10 Electoral Reform 1867 11 Colonial and Imperial Britain, 18th century The American and French revolutions The industrial revolution and its social impact Electoral reform The empire debate 12 13 Colonial and Imperial Britain, 19th century End of

and were expected to pay French taxes, and obey laws formulated in Paris. A Black baby, a descendant of slaves, born in a thatched hut beneath swaying palm trees of Guadeloupe, suddenly became just as French as Cyrano de Bergerac.     In 1967, Britain cut loose most of their Caribbean dependencies because they had become a losing proposition, and were likely to remain so. Sugar is no longer a profitable product, and growing populations require more and more public services that local revenues cannot

la naissance d’un enseignement secondaire public. Les élites dans l’Empire. Les élites sont porteuses d’une politique expansionniste même si une partie est hostile à la colonisation tel que les little Englander. Les élites sont largement favorables à la « greater britain ». Elles étaient persuadées de la mission civilisatrice tel que décrit dans Le fardeau de l’homme blanc, poème de Rudyard Kipling publié en 1899 [une injonction rhétorique attribuant à l'homme blanc le devoir

is accountable to Parliament, where the rights of the opposition to criticize and debate are respected. On the other hand, the House of Lords is the only formal check on the power of the Commons and of the executive which it supports, but it has little power, and that is currently very ill-defined. c) Civil liberties The rights of British citizens are not listed and entrenched in a law and it has often been argued that the constitution does not guarantee civil liberties. This problem, however

too much salt. (Il y a trop de sel.) 2° "few", "little" A LITTLE a little + nom indénombrable indique "une petite quantité de…" (un peu de). Ex. : They danced a little after dinner. (Ils ont un peu dansé après le dîner.) Arthur was a little bit tired. (Arthur était un peu fatigué.) Attention ! Ex. : a little dog (un petit chien) Il ne faut pas confondre cette structure avec a little + nom dénombrable : dans ce cas "little" est un adjectif. Anglais niveau 1 – V07/10 – page

Lords Act, drastically modified the composition of the House of Lords by cutting down the number of hereditary Lords allowed to vote. Main aim is to make the House of Lords more democratic and representative. European Communities Act of 1972 : Britain joined the European communities. In 1992, the Maastricht Treaty completed further integration of the verious member countries including the UK within the European Union. Parliament, the suffrage, the structure of the territory : areas regulated

patrons primary concern is finding a wall with the most dramatic lighting only to pose, sip a drink, all while trying to exude a "look" of mystery and boredom. 2. A bar patronized by "plastic" homogenized women or men. A crowd with lots of veneer and little intellectual substance. A bad reputation that’s spread by word of mouth. If one bad word gets out, we’re done for. I have done your partner the favour of informing him that … Dull witted alcoholic Now people can generally be classified into two

1 Tesco has a lot of stores and is not allowed to open anymore stores in the UK without closing down a current one. 2 Reliance upon the UK market. 3 Tesco's dependence on the UK grocery market. 4 The brand has a little potential to increase on the domestic market 5 As Tesco is a really big structure changes are difficult to set up. • Opportunities: 1 First Group of British distribution with different sized stores which matches with the

membership of the EEC would mean “the end of Britain as an independent nation, the end of a thousand years of history”. In a press conference on January 14th 1963, French President, Charles de Gaulle announced his decision to veto the application of the UK. He emphasized that the UK did not seen committed to Europe and he considered the UK as an American Trojan horse. From the point of view of De gaulle “The nature, the structure, and the value situation of Britain makes it fundamentally different from