Brexit:
When did David Cameron announce a referendum?
February 2016, David Cameron announced that the UK Government would formally recommend to the British people that the UK should remain a member of a reformed European Union and that a referendum would be held on 23rd June, starting the official launch of the campaign.
Why did David Cameron announce a referendum?
David Cameron announced that he would be campaigning for Britain to remain within a "reformed EU". The end result of Brexit resulted in approximately 52% of people in favour of leaving the European Union and 48% against. As a result of this, Cameron announced that he would resign the office of Prime Minister by October 2016 saying "I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination."
Who were the leavers/Remainers?
England: 53.4% Leave - 46.6% Remain
Northern Ireland: 44.2% Leave - 55.8% Remain
Scotland: 38.0% Leave - 62% Remain
Wales: 52.5% Leave - 47.5% Remain
Politics:
After David Cameron resigned who was running for leadership?
Theresa May
Andrea Leadsom
Michael Gove
Stephen Crabb
Liam Fox
Who ran for recent Tory Leadership?
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt went head-to-head to become the next Tory leader and prime minister.
Who is leader of the Lib Dems?
Jo Swinson is the current leader of the Liberal Democrats.
General Election Results:
8th June 2017 - Theresa May (Conservative) - 650 seats
Boris Johnson (Conservative) - Snap election
Royals:
Engagements:
Queen Elizabeth - Prince Phillip
Kate Middleton - Prince William
Meghan Markle - Prince Harry
Zara Phillips - Mike Tindall
Princess Eugenie - Jack Brooksbank
Queens 90th Birthday:
A celebration was held over the weekend of the 10th-12th June 2016 to celebrate Her Majesty's official birthday.
Royal Babies:
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a20736482/british-royal-family-tree/
Terrorism and Hatred:
Westminster Bridge:
22 March 2017, a terrorist attack took place along the South side of Westminster Bridge and Bridge street, injuring more than 50 people. The attacker drove a car into pedestrians on the pavement. He then crashed the car into the perimeter fence of the palace grounds and ran into New Palace yard where he stabbed an unarmed police officer. He was then shot by an armed police officer and died at the scene.
London Bridge & Borough
3 June 2017, a van was deliberately driving into pedestrians on London Bridge before crashing into the south bank of the River Thames. Its three occupants then ran to the nearest Borough Market area and began stabbing people in and around restaurants and pubs. The attackers were shot dead by Metropolitan Police officers and were found wearing fkae explosive vests.
Finsbury Park Mosque:
19 June 2017, a van was driven into pedestrians in Finsbury Park. This attack occurred 100 yards from Finsbury Park Mosque.
Manchester:
22 May 2017, an attack performed by a suicide bomber at Manchester Arena following a concert by Ariana Grande killed 23 people and injured 139.
Jo Cox:
Jo Cox was a British politician who was a member of the Labour Party until her murder in 2016 where she was shot and stabbed multiple times in Birstall by a local man with far right sympathies named Thomas Alexander.
Syrian War:
The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria International Community's Syrian peace process and Safe Zones are aimed in finding a solution to cessation of the conflict and return of the refugees, which the displaced Syrians are part of European migrant crisis. Human rights violations have been numerous and serious, massacres, barrel bomb attacks and use of chemical weapons are part of prosecution of war criminals.
Specific UK Issues:
Grenfell Tower:
14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block just before 1:00am. It caused 72 deaths. The fire highlighted the flammable panels that covered part of the exterior, the lack of sprinklers, a lack of safety inspections, and that the stay pit policy did not suit a building where compatmentalisation had failed.
Windrush:
A 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were wrongly detained, denied legal rights, threatened with deportation, and, in at least 83 cases, wrongly deproted from the UK by the Home Office. Many of the affected had been born in Britain before 1973.
NHS:
More than 300 hospital staff were to strike over what union leaders have describes as the "back door privitisation" of the NHS. The seven day strike comes after calls for the Conservative government to scrap legalisation that has led to the widspread privatisation of healthcare. The maximum waiting time for non-urgent consultant-led treatments is 18 weeks.
#METOO Campaign:
The Me Too Movement is a movement against sexual harassment and sexal assult. The movement began to spread virally in October 2017 as a hashtag on social media in an attempt to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assult and harassment, especially in the work place.
#BLACKLIVESMATTER:
BLM is a campaign that acts against violence and systemic racism towards balck people. BLM regularly holds protests speaking out against police killings of black people, and broader issues such as racial profiling, police brutality and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system.
