How Britain Really Works: Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation

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Britain really initially admired this new nation, Britain really actually thought as a friend but imperial Germany soon began to threaten Britain's sense of supremacy. Its determination to up its industrial output, up its military strength, and most crucially for Britain build a rival fleet of warships. Archive Clip: "This has left Britain alone at bay. The future of the whole civilized world rests on the defense of Britain." The causes of the First World War are complex, they're still debated to this day. The nations didn't realize it at the time, but their attempts to defend what they perceived as their own national interests created a war that would shape Europe for decades to come. Most participants expected the war to be over by Christmas, but as we know the reality was very different. Ouch. No wonder it looks increasingly likely the Tories will be booted out of office come the next election. The author of the table is unconfirmed, although it is thought it may have originally been drawn up by a Dutch company as an attempt to help employees working in the UK. Other simple British expressions that could be misunderstood

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To produce all of these ships, planes, and tanks Britain of course needed raw materials which again came from across the Empire. Trinidad and Tobago were the allies' largest producers of oil. Ceylon, which is now Sri Lanka, produced sixty percent of Allied rubber and Nauru exported one million tons of phosphate annually. Nigeria sent tin, the Gold Coast sent manganese, and Gambia sent ground nuts. Anything you can think of the British Empire was mining, making, or growing it and sending it to Britain. The poll also has damning figures on perceptions of Sunak himself. 48% of voters say their impression has gone downhill since he became prime minister, with even one in five Tories saying that. When people ask how the First World War began it's often couched in terms of a domino effect, a series of events that were almost preordained, but what I would say is that if anyone had suggested in June 1914 in Britain that World War might be about to break out and they would be met with disbelief really.After the war Britain once again looked to its Empire this time to rebuild the nation. People came from all over seeking new opportunities, but they were not given the welcome they deserved. Absorbing . . . an intelligent and clear-eyed account of much that goes on in our country'  Sunday Times Not used as a heartfelt apology, rather it is used to avoid an embarrassing situation. Saying sorry is like a national tic.

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To pay for all these goods and the people who made them Britain also needed cash and lots of it. The huge costs of war left Britain almost bankrupt in 1945 and without the financial support of the Empire things could have been even worse. To India, Britain owed over 1.3 billion pounds by the end of the war and Canada famously gave Britain the so-called billion-dollar gift which was never repaid. We have some amazing photographs in the collection which show just the huge variety and diversity of people that were coming from across the British Empire to work in Britain's factories and Britain really really needed that manpower. Of course it also mobilized women to work in the factories and on the land, but it also needed as many people as it possibly could so that production could ramp up as much as possible.

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Archive Clip: "The alarm sounded and the many peoples of the Empire sprang to answer the call for service in the cause of liberty and justice. The men from Canada, from New Zealand, from Australia, from South Africa and many others fell in and the Empire marches."

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Some were forced to enlist and fight or forced to work across the empire others were paid less than their British counterparts or barred from certain establishments and countries with little wealth of their own lent or gave away huge sums of money. Britain had also broken its promise to defend its Empire. Multiple territories like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Burma fell to the Japanese during the war. For many, all of this betrayed a Britain prioritizing its own survival over the needs of its Empire. Having given so much to the Allied cause, people in colonies like India saw a relationship that was not reciprocal.

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Billy Strachan was one of those desperate to join up. He sold his motorbike and his saxophone to pay for the long voyage from his native Jamaica to Britain where he trained as an air gunner. Absorbing . . . an intelligent and clear-eyed account of much that goes on in our country' Sunday Times Germany had disturbed the delicate balance of power in Europe. France, fearing this new empire on their doorstep, allied with Russia in the east. An unlikely friendship for two of Europe's most ideologically opposed nations. That then left Germany feeling surrounded and pushed them to form an alliance with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and to a lesser extent Italy. Finally, Britain and its empire, afraid of German domination on the continent, drifted closer to France and Russia, though without going as far as forming an alliance. You've got Germany Austria-Hungary and Italy and you've got France Russia and to some extent Britain. There's still no immediate reason for war between the two, it would take a crisis to turn tensions into an armed conflict.