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The modernisers called for community campaigns among the white working-class populations of London's East End, [50] and Northern England. [51] While the modernisers gained some concessions from the party's hard-liners, [ 51 ] Tyndall opposed many of their ideas and sought to stem their growing influence. [ 52 ]
Robinson said the aim of the protest was to make a stand "against the corrupt media" and called for the BBC licence fee to be scrapped. Concurrently, about 500 people attended a counter-protest by anti-fascists. [88] In response, the BBC made an announcement that it strongly rejects any suggestion that its journalism is biased.
The Ely and Littleport riots of 1816, also known as the Ely riots or Littleport riots, occurred between 22 and 24 May 1816 in the Isle of Ely (now in Cambridgeshire).The riots were caused by high unemployment and rising grain costs, similar to the general unrest which spread throughout England following the Napoleonic Wars.
In Wales since then the Royal Commission itself has continued to provide mapping information to the Ordnance Survey for basic scales and for derived mapping such as the popular 1/50,000 scale Landranger series. The supply of this information is an invaluable product of the Royal Commission's archaeological survey projects, ensuring that every ...
After the 2004 elections, [109] the BBC and Searchlight created a documentary called The Secret Agent, [109] featuring Jason Gwynne infiltrating the BNP. In it, Griffin and Mark Collett made comments critical of Islam. Following the documentary, Barclays Bank froze the party's accounts. [110]
In England, cross-sea Viking Kingdoms made raids and soon invasions – such times and places of conflict favoured stronger leadership, and effective autocracy. None more so than the Danelaw , among whose rulers were Cnut the Great , Sveyn Forkbeard and Cnut of Northumbria .
The BMP’s escape maneuver, however, ... while a BMP’s can be made into Swiss cheese by armor piercing rounds from a Bradley’s 25-millimeter gun. That said, a BMP-2’s autocannon could still ...
71), sometimes called the Tithe Commutation Act 1836, [3] [4] is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is one of the Tithe Acts 1836 to 1891 . [ 5 ] It replaced the ancient system of payment of tithes in kind with monetary payments.