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Last updated on December 18, 2024.
But I do think that Brexit, an exit of Britain from the European Union, would trigger real pressure on the United Kingdom.
The world probably wishes that Great Britain had rebuilt its defenses and stopped Germany from reoccupying the Rhineland in 1936.
It's important to remember that Britain was the first country to industrialize, so I think there's a strong argument to say this is where my profession was founded.
There are three main controllers of power here in Britain: the political establishment in Westminster, the BBC (MSM), and the Bank Of England.
Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.
I write about race in America in hopes of undermining the notion of race in America.
David Cameron's approach has left Britain weakened and weary because to retreat from the world is as foolish as it is futile.
Once I got to the U.S., and I realized we weren't going to go back to Britain, I was ready to commit to starting a bigger life here.
There`s a lot in common between the Trump phenomenon and the campaign for Britain to exit the European Union, known as Brexit.
I campaigned for Brexit because I have always believed that Britain would be stronger, more prosperous and secure outside of the E.U.
Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It [Great Britain] is the country with the worst food after Finland.
I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact.
America has a hold on imaginations that no other country does. I think that is partly because it is an immigrant country and there is still a kind of innocence in America that translates very well everywhere in the world.
I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.
It was 1989, and the word 'Muslim' wasn't even really used in Britain at the time; you were either black or Asian.
I think that if Britain does decide to leave the E.U., that would be a disaster for the technology sector here and probably also for the broader economy.
Britain's independent possession of nuclear weapons has turned into a political touchstone for commitment to national defense, but this is an illusion.
Latin America seemed to be a land where there were only dictators, revolutionaries, catastrophes. Now we know that Latin America can produce also artists, musicians, painters, thinkers, and novelists.
Shooting films in Britain is always difficult, because we've never got enough money to make them.
Instead of going to war, we should put the money into arts and culture and let creative people define what Britain is.
I'm not really a political animal but I am rather fascinated by the meltdown of England and America. In the end, it seems as if America might come out of it, but I'm not sure if England is ever going to recover.
The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.
After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather.
I chose to wear the hijab at age 16, soon after my family moved from Britain to Saudi Arabia.
America can take man to the moon, and America can take men to Mars - and beyond.
I know for a fact if I were a white English fighter, maybe I would have been a superstar in Britain - and the world.
I can't help being Christian because I was brought up in Britain, and the morality of Christianity is part of the fabric of this country.
Being mixed race in Britain in the '80s and '90s, there just weren't loads of people who looked like me.
From education to broadband, from building roads and bridges to supporting the military, Barack Obama is delivering for North Carolina. And he is delivering for America. A growing middle class is the foundation for a strong America.
MRSA, which is a kind of super bug mutant, is killing 10,000 people a year in Britain.
I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.
We have to face up to the fact that without the armed uprising in 1916 Britain would not have withdrawn from southern Ireland.
MRSA, which is a kind of super bug mutant, is killing 10,000 people a year in Britain
Change is a process: future is a destination. People want a sense of hope, possibility and pride about Britain.
If only America would realize that the art of Europe is finished - dead - and that America is the country of the art of the future, instead of trying to base everything she does on European traditions!
All the evidence here, for example, in Britain, is that migrants, particularly from the rest of Europe, who come here contribute far more in taxes.
On 'Good Morning Britain' I regularly re-wear outfits, and my wardrobe at home is the same few jumpers and jeans.
Britain can sometimes feel like a very small village, and you're this, I dunno, scarlet woman they're all gossiping about.
From the ruins of the second world war, Labour rebuilt Britain and set it on course for European co-operation and membership of the E.U.
Events in America show the extent to which democracy there is fuelled by populism - Barack Obama's victory is a manifestation not of Washington's need for change, but of America's. That is not how democracy works in England.
America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.
BP is accused of destroying the wildlife and coastline of America, but if you look back into history, you find that BP did something even worse to America. They gave the world Ayatollah Khomeini.
The more Trump emphasises America First, the more it turns into America Alone.
I have shut my mind against nothing and I am a friend of Great Britain. I always have been. I have no axe to grind.
If Britain were honest, which I dispute, she would then embrace all nations on terms of equality.
We want a strong, vibrant economy for Britain so that we can set out a clear and affordable alternative programme for government.
When the world faces its biggest challenges, it looks to Britain to show the strong leadership needed to overcome them.
Britain has always had more art schools per capita than any other country.
Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.
I fall in love with Britain every day, with bridges, buses, blue skies... but it’s a brutal world, man.
I love New York, but I have to admit that I feel very English, and I do miss that sense of history that you have everywhere in Britain.
France and Britain have large culinary differences, but one thing they do share is a relatively low tolerance for modernist cooking.
I'm very proud of the fact that I'm one of Britain's biggest selling poets. That gives me a huge amount of pleasure.
Immigration reform doesn't impact me personally; nothing my foundation works on does. But the truth is I have a long history of ties to Latin America. Some of my best friends are in Latin America.
Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?
The vast majority of young people in Britain are law-abiding citizens making important contributions to their communities.
Most of the time in America, we're surrounded by oppressive inequality such that the wealthiest 1 percent collectively own substantially more than the bottom 90 percent. One escape from that is America's wild places.
I feel that Britain is a rather self-deprecating nation: you're almost considered egotistical to say you're good at anything.
I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
