What’s behind Cameron’s embrace of ‘Christian Britain’?
The British prime minister last week said that Britons should be proud of being a ‘Christian country,’ provoking a backlash from secularists who prefer a more pluralist society.
The British prime minister last week said that Britons should be proud of being a ‘Christian country,’ provoking a backlash from secularists who prefer a more pluralist society.
The three women freed from 30 years of captivity are just the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ activists warn. New laws may be the answer.
Judge Peter Murphy wants more clarity in the lines between religion practice and state laws.
The British foreign minister told Parliament today that all data used by British intelligence complied with the law, even that supplied by the controversial NSA surveillance program, PRISM.
Britain’s international reputation — and its nuclear deterrent — are two of the concerns raised by members of Parliament , should Scotland vote for independence next year.
Though loved and loathed equally in Britain, the former prime minister was undeniably a force for change, breaking the British unions and helping the West win the cold war.
The largest-ever survey of social class by the BBC and two universities finds that there are still very rich and very poor — but much more going on in the middle.
The new regulator can impose tough fines with the force of law, pleasing Labour and the Lib Dems, but there is a safeguard against one party influencing its actions, pleasing Conservatives.
In a legacy of the cold war, Britain still maintains 20,000 troops in Germany. It’s now accelerating troop withdrawals.
The head of the private security firm G4S apologized today for falling short of the numbers needed to secure the Olympic Games. The government is turning to soldiers and extra police.
By Ian Evans
April 23, 2014