What if England seceded from the UK?
Scotland voted to stay in the United Kingdom. But now some of the English are thinking maybe they should secede. The other members–Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales–have their own parliaments and...
View ArticleAustralia notes: Guy Fawkes Day
On Saturday night, here in Australia, fireworks started going off everywhere. It dawned on my daughter the lines “Remember, remember/the Fifth of November.” It was Guy Fawkes day! The old boy is...
View ArticleTrump vows trade deal with UK
In an interview with the London Times [subscription required], Donald Trump promised a quick trade deal with the UK, thus helping its Brexit transition. (British prime minister Theresa May and other...
View ArticleTerrorist attacks UK parliament
A terrorist drove through a crowd of pedestrians on London’s Westminster bridge, killing 2 and injuring 20. He then ran into the Parliament building where he stabbed a police officer to death. He was...
View ArticleTerrorists attack UK once again
Three terrorists ran their van into a crowd on London Bridge, then jumped out with 12-inch knives and started stabbing people, shouting “This is for Allah!” They killed seven and injured nearly 50...
View ArticleElections bring chaos to UK, unity to France
Two European nations, the United Kingdom and France, held parliamentary elections, with radically different results. The United Kingdom has a real political mess on its hands. Whereas France has come...
View ArticleJewish school in UK faces closure for not teaching LGBT issues
An orthodox Jewish school for girls in London may be closed down for refusing to teach its students about homosexuality and gender reassignment. The private school has pupils ranging from 3 years old...
View ArticleWhy it was good that we broke away from Britain
Some say that the American revolution was not really necessary. That staying with Great Britain would not mean the loss of freedoms or succumbing to tyranny. Great Britain and its former colonies...
View ArticleGod’s Will for Brexit
You think American politics is polarized and paralyzed? Take a look at the United Kingdom, which has become Disunited in its battle over Brexit. The issue of whether or how to leave the European...
View ArticleThe Death of Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth II has died at age 96, the longest-ruling monarch in British history. I find myself strangely saddened and moved by this, and I'm not sure why, American that I am. I have some personal...
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