UK

The UK or United Kingdom of Great Britain is a sovereign state, an island nation northwest of mainland Europe with 60 million people consisting of the countries England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

The UK was the home of the British empire, the foremost world power of the 19th century. It's power peaked in the early 20th century and declined thereafter, hastened by World War II. Though the British empire is no longer sustainable, the UK still maintains significant global influence for the size of it's population, both because of it's permanent seat on the U.N. security council and as a result of the success of London as a global financial and cultural center.

The UK has an active social and blogging scene commenting on all aspects of UK society including the economic, political and social.

Pages tagged with UK will contain information relevant to, or about the United Kingdom.

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• So now it’s come down to this low. Muggers attack two-year-old girl. I’m not even shocked.

  
  Barking Moonbat Early Warning System — Authority: 512
  So forget surprised.  Yes I think it’s shocking that any low life pile of human garbage would hit a two year old in a robbery attempt.  I’m just not shocked that anyone actually did it. What ppl can get away with and what ppl do, just doesn’t have a very high surprise factor anymore. Like so many posts I do, ...
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• Thirty-five years of women in charge | Jonathan Romain

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 154
  Catholics and Anglicans can draw important lessons from Judaisms journey towards accepting female rabbis The parallels are astonishing. For centuries rabbis had been male. In Jewish life, women deserved respect, but it was men who had been the guardians of tradition. Suddenly women wanted to become rabbis. What was ...
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• Sunday Jukebox – Fade Out? I wish they would.

  
  man about the house — Authority: 113
  I had the misfortune of listening to Alistair darling on the radio this morning talking about placing a levy on the banks in order to make ‘them’ pay.  Obviously they won’t pay, we will … again. Anyway, I just wished the interviewer would have faded him out.
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• A mans world for boys | Rupert Myers

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 154
  Picking out a book for a boy, I find theres a strong bias towards work by and about men. Time for some female role-models Having sought and found role models close to hand, first my parents and my grandfather, later my school head, and the master of my college, I have long been alive to the capacity that others have ...
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• TELEGRAPH.CO.UK: Japan on track for Warren Buffett-style flutter

  
  Everything Warren Buffett — Authority: 441
  By Tom Stevenson Published: 8:53PM GMT 07 Nov 2009 On the face of it a big but unexciting deal, it gets better and better the more you think about it – contrarian investing at its finest. The conventional wisdom, especially in America, is that railways are yesterdays story, a ...
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• UK soldiers remember the fallen

  
  Blog :: rhinestonetshirts.com — Authority: 164
  A Remembrance Sunday service is held at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, as another British soldier is killed in the conflict.
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• ‘Change school funding’ demands

  
  bibisi news — Authority: 462
  Calls are made to change funding at Welsh schools after figures show one in 10 is in debt while others have large reserves.
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• Photobox 20% Off Voucher Code Until 13th November 2009

  
  UK Voucher Code — Authority: 452
  Photobox UK Voucher Code – 20% Off Save 20 percent off selected photo gifts purchased online until the 13th November from Photobox.co.uk Voucher Code NOVGIFTS20 Discount expiry: 12/11/2009
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• Shot Briton ‘liked Amarillo song’

  
  bibisi news — Authority: 462
  The parents of a British man shot dead in the US city of Amarillo say he only went there because he liked the Tony Christie song.
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• Katie Price In Twitter War With Fans

  
  News America Now — Authority: 118
  “Katie replied: ‘Come on haters attack me! your right, im always wrong im hated i never do anything right do i sorry for that!! xx.’ She later posted: ‘Come on all you people who slag me off an hate me get it off your chest.’ Another rant said: ‘Your all asking why hate me!! you obviously think ive done ...
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• Two held over holiday homes fires

  
  bibisi news — Authority: 462
  Police are questioning two people in connection with the deliberate fires at two unoccupied holiday homes.
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• Nation to remember UK’s war dead

  
  bibisi news — Authority: 462
  A Remembrance Sunday service is held at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, as another British soldier is killed in the conflict.
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• A bike cleaning fread

  
  Community @ The Rev Counter — Authority: 164
  Beats arguing over cleaning products O0 Does this count as a project thread Coolhands? R1 rebuild - Detailing World
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• UK soldier dies in Helmand blast

  
  Blog :: rhinestonetshirts.com — Authority: 164
  A British soldier is killed in an explosion in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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• UK: Student pub crawls face ban amid backlash over drunken disorder

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 453
  Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/08/philip-laing-carnage-binge-drinking Amelia Hill The outrage after undergraduate Philip Laing urinated on a war memorial has led many student unions to bar Carnage, the firm that runs the drinking events Participating in at least a modicum of ...
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• Tesco £30 Off Microsoft Office Voucher Code

  
  UK Voucher Code — Authority: 452
  Tesco UK Voucher Code – £30 Off Get £30.00 off Microsoft Office when purchased online with selected laptops or desktop PC’s until the 24th December from Tesco.com Voucher Code TDX-MCFS Discount expiry: 23/12/2009
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• Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom in agreement – T-Mobile UK and Orange UK are combining

  
  Cell Phone News And Reviews : CellPhonesMarket.com — Authority: 150
  Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom today signed the final agreement to combine their UK operations, T-Mobile and Orange, into a 50:50 joint venture company. Now that the confirmatory due diligence has been completed, this binding agreement confirms the terms of the transaction announced on 8 September 2009. ...
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• Into the night

  
  Phill Price | Photography Phill Price | Photography A daily photograph from London, England — Authority: 130
  Many people say the golden hour is the best time for shooting; for me its twilight; and by twilight I mean any of the three twilghts; but preferably Nautical Twilight while there’s more colour in the sky. You can read about the three on Wikipedia See this on Flickr , Zooomr , SmugMug , Ipernity . Into the ...
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• Currys £69.99 Off Samsung Fridge Freezer Voucher Code

  
  UK Voucher Code — Authority: 452
  Currys UK Voucher Code - £69.99 Off Get £69.99 off the Samsung 12.2 cu feet A rated frost free fridge freezer in black RL41SCBP until the 12th November from Currys.co.uk Voucher Code RL41A Code Expiry date: 11/11/2009
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• Papers split on UK Afghan mission

  
  bibisi news — Authority: 462
  Britains role in Afghanistan comes under heavy scrutiny in the Remembrance Sunday papers.
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