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Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland you can also find your devolved representative. Read Section 3 to find out more. If you live outside of the UK, you can also look up your own elected representative(s)...Introduction to making political and social change: 3 Making change via the devolved administrations - In the UK, as a result of devolution, there are separate...
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...Scotland. The operation will now cover the whole of the Lanarkshire town, despite official research suggesting that crime rose in the three housing estates where it was launched a year ago. The extension of the initiative, in which children out after dark are taken home, was announced as Strathclyde Police and the Scottish Office released analysis suggesting the community...
Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences
Society, Politics & Law

Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences

...Scotland, London and other Remain-voting regions to demand their own special deals, including ‘full alignment’, so as to maintain full access to the single market and to migrant workers. Since special rules could not be applied to parts of the UK without breaking up the whole, this points to the softest of soft Brexits, which to many amounts to not really Brexiting at...
Trade Union membership cards - more than just a card
Society, Politics & Law

Trade Union membership cards - more than just a card

...Scotland. The enduring significance of a trade union membership card [A selection of NUR union diaries, various colours, collected by the author over many years.]Ann's collection of Union diaries.During my time in the railway, the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) and Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) diaries were designed with a small pocket at the back, to hold the...
Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?
Society, Politics & Law

Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?

...Scotland – formerly rich hunting ground for Labour – and the rise of UKIP as an alternative for swing voters in formerly marginal seats has dealt the Labour party a blow that may ultimately prove fatal. The likelihood of ever-increasing Tory majorities is also growing as a result of an ageing population and an ever-more disenfranchised youth vote (coupled with...
North Sea, air safety and Brexit
Nature & Environment

North Sea, air safety and Brexit

...Scotland and the UK. But is the North Sea facing a new fight over who controls safety? Has it become a political battleground revealing just how difficult Brexit is going to be? Over the last 40 years almost 70 million people have flown in helicopters between the mainland and offshore oil and gas rigs in the UK side of the North Sea. That works out at over 8 million...
The geology of Northern Ireland
Science, Maths & Technology

The geology of Northern Ireland

...Scotland, Scandanavia, North America and, of course, Northern Ireland. The granites of South Armagh and the marine sediments of Down to Armagh were all part of this great collision. Remnants of these mountains are found in the present day Sperrin Mountains of Tyrone. Semi-arid conditions prevailed and the mountains were eroded to form Devonian sandstones (marked as brown...
The Life of Saint George
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint George

...Scotland by James V. The Emperor Frederick IV. instituted, in 1470, an Order of knights in honour of St. George; and an honourable military Order in Venice bears his name. The extraordinary devotion of all Christendom to this saint, is an authentic proof how glorious his triumph and name have always been in the church. All his acts relate, that he suffered under...