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Brexit: The Movie is a 2016 British film written and directed by Martin Durkin, advocating for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, commonly called Brexit (a portmanteau of British and exit). The film's production was funded through crowdfunding via Kickstarter.
Paint Drying is a 2023 British experimental protest film that was produced, directed and shot by Charlie Shackleton.He created the film in 2016 to protest against film censorship in the United Kingdom and the sometimes-prohibitive cost to independent filmmakers which the British Board of Film Classification's (BBFC) classification requirement imposes.
British films with earnings over £10 million since 1989 [1] [40] Rank Title Gross (£ million) Year 1 The King's Speech: 45.7 2011 2 The Inbetweeners Movie: 45.0 2011 3 The Inbetweeners 2: 33.4 2014 4 Slumdog Millionaire: 31.7 2009 5 Four Weddings and a Funeral: 27.8 1994 6 Belfast: 15.6 2022 7 Yesterday: 14.0 [10] 2019 8 Trainspotting: 12.4 ...
The £ grapheme in a selection of fonts The pound sign (£) is the symbol for the pound unit of sterling – the currency of the United Kingdom and its associated Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories and previously of Great Britain and of the Kingdom of England.
Prior to decimalisation in 1971, there were 12 pence (written as 12d) in a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-) and 20 shillings in a pound, written as £1 (occasionally "L" was used instead of the pound sign, £). There were therefore 240 pence in a pound. For example, 2 pounds 14 shillings and 5 pence could have been written as £2 14s 5d or £2/14/5
It was founded in 1974 as Bargain Centre by Yorkshire-based father-and-son team Chris Edwards Sr. and Chris Edwards Jr. [1] The business then became a single-price retailer in 1997 as Everything £1, before renaming to Poundworld in 2003. The retailer rose to prominence during the 2007–2008 financial crisis. [2]
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On 8 October 1990, Thatcher entered the pound into the ERM at DM 2.95 to £1. Hence, if the exchange rate ever neared the bottom of its permitted range, DM 2.773 (€1.4178 at the DM/Euro conversion rate), the government would be obliged to intervene. In 1989, the UK had inflation three times the rate of Germany, higher interest rates at 15% ...