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| 🇬🇧 | 🇬🇧 |
| Magna carta | 1215 Oldest law document |
| Welsh anexion | 1536 |
| Union Jack | 1636 |
| Parliament unity | 1707 |
| Cromwel Interegnum | 1648-1660 |
| Skotish symbol symbol | Thistle (chardon) |
| Irish symbol | Shamrock (trefle) Unicorne |
| Welsh sympol | Leek (poireau) Dragon |
| Bloody Sunday | 1972 (derry) but also 1920 croke park |
| The Easter rising | 24-29 April 1916 – |
| Seas | Irish sea English chanel North sea |
| Remarquable Island | Isle of Man Isle of Wight |
| The capital of Scotland | Edinburgh located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth |
| Capital and largest city of Northern Ireland | Belfast the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland |
| Scotish Islandes | Hybrides Sky Mull Orkney Shetland |
| English monarchie | Parliamentary Monarchy "Constitutional monarchie" with an uncodify constitution |
| Pillar of England Monarchy | -Sovereignty of Parlement -Rules of law |
| English parliament | -Chamber of Lords -Chamber of common |
| Act of parliament | Status Act |
| Cours of justice "act" | Common law( droit anglo-saxon) Case law "jurisprudence" |
| Pillars upon which lies this system are as follows: | - Sovereignty of Parliament - the Rule of Law |
| - Habeas Corpus | 1679 |
| - Parliament Act | 1911 |
| - Reform Act = Representation of the People Act | 1918 – Gave the right to vote to women |
| – Equal Franchise Act | 1928 - (amended 1969) |
| Belfast agreement | Aka Good Friday Agreement 1998 |
| - Scotland Act | 1998 |
| NA | NA |
| Composition and strength : | About 153,000 regular forces + 37,000 reservists |
| Royal Navy | 33,000 seamen including: Royal Marines : 7,700 troops |
| Carrier Strike Group: | 2 aircraft carriers |
| Submarines: | SSNs : 4 Astute class SSBNs : 4 Vanguard |
| Surface fleet : | 79 ships |
| RAF = | 33,000 active airmen |
| British Army Composition and strength : | 82,000 regular personnel (including 3,600 Gurkhas) |
| Military spending : | $58 billion (France $45 billion) |
| Chief of the Defence Staff | Admiral Sir Tony RADAKIN KCB ADC |
| Defence Secretary | Ben WALLACE |
| Land Forces Command : | 3 Divisions + 1 Air Assault Brigade |
| The Lancaster House treaty or Defence and Security Co-operation Treaty | Joint Combined Expeditionary Force (JCEF) Technical cooperation Nuclear, Harmatan |
| Crown dependencies : | The Channel islands (Jersey and Guernesey) The Isle of Man |
| British overseas territories : | 14 Gibraltar DIEGO GARCIA ASCENCION in cyprus The Falklands |
| Westminster Statute | 1931 (all dominions gain their own sovereignty |
| Country with king of england as head | 15 (Belize, solomon islands, Australia...) |
| London Declaration | 1949 India is part of the common wealth as a republic |
| The Special Relationship in 1918? | WILSON vs George V : "You must not speak of us who come here as cousins, still less as brothers ; we are neither." |
| The Special Relationship in 2001? | Bush with Tony Blaire: 'America has no truer friend than Great Britain.' |