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Leonid Zverev was a Russian politician, leader of the Green League from 1975 to 1991, and the prime minister of Russia on two occasions, from 1980 to 1985 and 1988 to 1990. He is the third-longest serving head of government in the Russian Republic and he is considered one of the most important...

Century House is the official executive office and residence of the Prime Minister of Britain, and the de-facto headquarters of the British government. Before 1934 the prime minister's official residence and de-facto office was Number 10 Downing Street, a townhouse 100 metres South of the...

The 1987 Channel Tunnel Fire took place on 18 August 1987, when a cargo train caught fire in the northbound tunnel. Fire was seen on the train as it entered the tunnel and, in line with the policy at the time, an attempt was made to drive to Britain where the fire would be dealt with. However...

Edward Heath was a British civil servant and amateur sailor who famously disappeared while competing in the Sun-Globe Round-The-World Race, a single handed, round-the-world yacht race. A decorated veteran of the D-Day Landings, Edward Heath initially worked post-war as a civil servant but his...

Who Governs Britain? 1978 UK General Election 1987 UK General Election 1995 UK General Election 2003 UK General Election 2012 UK General Election 2019 UK General Election

The 2019 UK General Election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The incumbent Conservative Party, led by Tom Newton Dunn, was re-elected but suffered a significant swing against them, resulting in the narrowest majority government...

The Greens have some residual strength there OTL, lots of strong second or third-placed results. And ITTL after the Liberals fold into the Tories a lot of anti-Conservative vote and activists from the Liberals who OTL made it such a historically strong region for the Liberals and Lib Dems end up...

The 2012 UK General Election was held on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The incumbent Labour Party, led by Shahid Malik, saw a large swing against them similar to those seen in 1999 and 1983, the last times incumbent governments lost...

The 2003 UK General Election was held on Thursday 1 May 2003 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It was notable for being the first election held under the new Alternative Vote (AV) system legislated under the 2001 Representation of the People Act. The election...

The 1995 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 4 May 1995, to elect 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The election resulted in the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party since 1981 and would be the last time that the Conservatives would win...

The 1987 United Kingdom general election took place on Thursday 7 May 1987 to elect 650 members of the British House of Commons. It gave the Conservative Coalition under the leadership of Geoffrey Rippon the most decisive election victory since that of the Labour Party in 1945, with a majority...

The Police Force of Ireland, (Irish: Fórsa Póilíní na hÉireann) commonly known as the Forsa, is the national police force for Ireland. While existing since 1933 it has existed in its current form since 1996, merging with the Dublin Metropolitan Police and a number of specialised agencies. The...

The 1978 United Kingdom general election took place on Thursday 20 October 1978 to elect 635 members of the British House of Commons. The election resulted in the defeat of Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath and his Conservative-Liberal-Independent Labour National Government and the Labour...

Fairly self-explanatory I think.

RAS British Airways is a British regional airline operating domestic services across the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Ireland. Founded in 1934 as Railway Air Services, the airline was originally founded as a joint venture by the five major British railway companies and Imperial Airways to...