British Criminal Nabbed in Indian City
British subject Ege has also obtained Indian passport in a different name after escaping from Britain.
The Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe was the name given to the report written by Dr. Richard Beeching on behalf of the British government and officially titled ‘The Reshaping of British Railways.’ During the 1960’s methods were looked at into reducing the costs of running the railways in Great Britain as well as improvements to the service offered.
The Cato Street Conspiracy
The Cato Street Conspiracy was an attempt in 1820 to murder all the members of the British governments cabinet including the country’s Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool. The name comes from the location of the groups meeting house close to the Edgeware Road in London.
South Sea Bubble
In 1711, a company known as the South Sea Company was set up as a British joint stock company to trade in South America. It was given the monopoly for this trade in the Spanish held colonies as part of a treaty agreed with Spain during the War of Spanish Succession. The primary role of the company was the trade of slaves in return for the erasing of the national debt incurred during that war. Later speculation into the value of the companies ‘stock’ led to an inquiry that became known as the South Sea Bubble in 1720.
Foundation X to Bail Out The British Government
On November 1, 2010, in the House of Lords, Lord James of Blackheath made a remarkable announcement… a group called Foundation X wants to, and can, bail out the British Government… by Christmas.
Snow, Snow, Glorious Snow
For over three glorious weeks, the global warming brigade went very very quiet.
A Review of the British Government’s Policy “Back to Basics”: What Effect Has This Policy Had on Students Key Skills?
This reviews the different policies that the Welsh Assembly Government has carried out to try to improve the levels of basic skills in Wales. This deice attempts to see how effective these policies have been and compares them to similar policies being utilised in England.
Sir Roger Casement (1864–1916)
Before his 1916 execution for treason and the British government’s subsequent effort to smear his reputation by releasing diaries that graphically detailed his alleged homosexuality, Casement was an Irish-born British diplomat and colonial reformer best known for reporting the horrors of forced labor in the Belgian Congo and the Putumayo region of Peru.
