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www.parliament.uk. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[g] is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. [4][5] It meets at the Palace of Westminster in London. Parliament possesses legislative supremacy and ...
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, [ 1 ] later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 [ fn 1 ] – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal ...
Traditionally political parties have been private organisations with no official recognition by the state. The Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 changed that by creating a register of parties. Membership of political parties has been in decline in the UK since the 1950s, falling by over 65% from 1983 (4% of the electorate) to 2005 (1.3 ...
Website: www.hs2.org.uk: Service; Type: High-speed railway: System: National Rail: History; Commenced: 2017: Planned opening: 2029 to 2033 [1] Technical; Line length: 230 km (140 mi) [2] Number of tracks: Double track: Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge: Loading gauge: UIC GC: Electrification: 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead ...
Lenny Kravitz. Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. Kravitz released his debut album Let Love Rule in 1989. This marked the beginning of a music career characterized by a blend of rock, funk, reggae, hard rock, soul, and R&B. Kravitz has had hit singles, including ...
Wembley Stadium (sometimes referred to as The New Wembley and branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is an association football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the original Wembley Stadium, which had stood from 1923 until 2003. [8][9] The stadium is England's national football stadium ...
The UK collaborated closely with the United States and Canada during the Manhattan Project, but had to develop its own method for manufacturing and detonating a bomb as U.S. secrecy grew after 1945. The United Kingdom was the third country in the world, after the United States and the Soviet Union, to develop and test a nuclear weapon.
Hezbollah (/ ˌhɛzbəˈlɑː /; [43] Arabic: حزب الله, romanized: Ḥizbu 'llāh, pronounced [ħizbu‿lːaːh], lit. 'Party of God') [a] is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group, [44][45] led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, [46] and its ...