Political

It is the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. How have the events of that day been remembered?

Assessing Margaret Thatcher’s premiership: a radical decade and a divisive legacy. 

The by-elections of 1938 are part of the long history of Independent Progressives in British politics.

The Labour Party’s recent entanglement with antisemitism came as a shock to many. At its root is the issue of nationalism. 

It’s not just Brexit, history suggests that Britain’s relationship with Europe may never truly be resolved.

For 200 years, the House of Commons Library has guided politicians and policy.

The prime minister at the time of Napoleon’s defeat was a keen observer of European politics. His government sought a balance of power on the Continent, but with minimal British engagement.

What voting rights did Britons have in the century before 1918?

At the beginning of the 20th century the Great Powers competed for the right to extract the vast oil reserves around the Iraqi city of Mosul. The motivation – and prize – was energy security.