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Moreover it is becoming the Britons, whether scientific or unscientific, who boast at all fitting occasions of their aptitude to rule the waves, should know something of the population of their saline empire, especially of those parts of it immediately in contact with their terrestrial domain, and the coasts of the Continent to which our … Read more
The population of the United Kingdom has, for the first time, reached sixty million. If they stood on each other’s shoulders they would reach perhaps twenty feet in the air before toppling over. Eddie Mair
The Government have consistently made it clear that the mechanism in the United Kingdom whereby the European draft constitutional treaty could be implemented is approval by the House of Commons followed by a referendum of the people of Britain. There is no question of implementing it by the back door. Douglas Alexander
I more or less intended it (the farewell tour) to be for the United Kingdom and not so much over here, but everywhere I’ve worked, they’ve been aware this is my final tour ? my final year ? which in all likelihood is gonna be the case. Don Williams
We will shortly become like Germany, France, the United Kingdom, or Sweden – a socialist democracy in which the government dominates the economy, determines private-sector priorities and offers a vastly expanded range of services to many more people at much higher taxes. Dick Morris
One of the great ball-givers in the United Kingdom is Nicholas Parsons. Derek Nimmo
If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United Kingdom, they have suffered heavy losses at various points, the Germans as well. David Petraeus
I know that the United Kingdom is sometimes seen as an argumentative and rather strong-minded member of the family of European nations. And it’s true that our geography has shaped our psychology. We have the character of an island nation – independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. David Cameron
I don’t want to be Prime Minister of England, I want to be Prime Minister of the whole of the United Kingdom. David Cameron
The United Kingdom Is Not A Country That Anybody Can Be Proud Of Craig Murray