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Section sizes

Section size for History of the United Kingdom (85 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	8,123	8,123
18th century	61	24,164
Birth of the Union	1,846	1,846
Hanoverian kings	3,948	3,948
South Sea Bubble	1,298	1,298
Robert Walpole	1,068	1,068
Moralism, benevolence and hypocrisy	5,894	5,894
Warfare and finance	2,550	2,550
British Empire	1,413	6,670
American Revolution	2,369	2,369
Second British Empire	2,888	2,888
Wars with Revolutionary France	829	829
1800 to 1837	185	18,965
Union with Ireland	2,455	2,455
Napoleonic wars	3,777	8,829
Financing the war	3,013	3,013
War of 1812 with United States	2,039	2,039
Postwar reaction: 1815–1822	36	7,496
Repression by reactionary landed elites	2,259	2,259
Weak monarchs	1,250	1,250
Foreign affairs	1,394	1,394
Whig reforms of the 1830s	2,236	2,236
Leadership	321	321
Victorian era	6,474	39,223
Foreign policy	86	6,649
Free trade imperialism	1,103	1,103
Russia, France and the Ottoman Empire	1,501	1,501
American Civil War	2,398	2,398
Empire expands	1,561	1,561
Boer War	4,908	4,908
Ireland and Home Rule	2,851	2,851
Leadership	1,801	18,341
Queen Victoria	1,081	1,081
Palmerston	800	800
Disraeli	4,298	4,298
Gladstone	7,586	7,586
Salisbury	2,775	2,775
Early 20th century (1901–1918)	4,313	23,723
Edwardian era 1901–1914	3,199	3,199
First World War	12,159	12,159
Postwar settlement	1,750	1,750
Irish independence and partition	2,302	2,302
Interwar era 1918–1939	1,122	25,686
Popular culture	2,124	8,873
Cinema and radio	2,560	2,560
Sports	1,305	1,305
Reading	2,884	2,884
Politics and economics of the 1920s	43	1,426
Expanding the welfare state	1,383	1,383
Conservative control	2,598	2,598
Economics	3,486	6,504
Labour	3,018	3,018
Great Depression	3,020	3,020
Appeasement	2,143	2,143
World War II (1939–1945)	4,168	8,270
Mobilisation of women	2,083	2,083
Welfare state	2,019	2,019
Postwar	807	32,838
Austerity, 1945–1950	1,456	4,580
Nationalisation	3,124	3,124
Prosperity of the postwar years	13,871	13,871
Empire to Commonwealth	1,116	1,116
From the Troubles to the Belfast Agreement	1,924	1,924
The economy in the late 20th century	5,096	5,096
Common Market (EEC), then EU, membership	3,980	3,980
Devolution for Scotland and Wales	1,464	1,464
21st century	18	39,451
War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War	2,041	2,041
Nationalist governments in Scotland	4,324	5,668
2014 Scottish Independence referendum	1,344	1,344
2008 economic crisis	2,203	2,203
2010 coalition government	3,425	3,425
2015 election	2,256	2,256
2016 EU membership referendum	4,049	4,049
COVID-19 pandemic	16,319	16,319
2022 government crises	1,254	1,254
Sunak Ministry (2022–2024)	1,372	1,372
Labour government (2024–present)	846	846
See also	791	791
Notes	24	24
References	28	28
Further reading	11,364	14,701
Historiography	2,281	2,281
Primary sources	1,056	1,056
External links	1,473	1,473
Total	237,460	237,460

Incorrect weekly pay average for 1961

A quote in this article from a book by Martin Pugh states average pay increased from £8 per week in 1951 to £315 in 1961, that figure is extremely high. Unable to confirm that the quote itself is correct, the figure (£315) is most certainly incorrect. ^[1] Tezmi (talk) 23:48, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have checked the book by Martin Pugh which is cited and have found and added the page reference. The figure Pugh gives is not £315 but £15, so I have corrected it to that. I am afraid this is a poor page which few serious editors seem to take trouble with. Moonraker (talk) 05:02, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2366927/So-what-was-100-a-week-worth-in-1961.html

21st century

It has been added and removed in the "21st century" section that Brexit is a major step in British history, based on a Le Monde source.

I believe the structure of the section is misleading: 21st century is recent history and should be added in the Political history of the United Kingdom (1945–present) that is the last 75 years.

21st century should not have subsections but NPOV short sentences with the details in Political history of the United Kingdom (1945–present). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.136.215.154 (talk) 20:34, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Graph of historic population

I was thinking of adding a plot of these numbers here: Demography of England because I like to think of history in terms of statistics. I'm aware that this is quite an important page, so thought I should ask for feedback first. Thoughts? Talpedia (talk) 00:38, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Weird sentence

"In 1987, only 35% of 16- to 18-year-olds were in full-time education or training, compared with 80% in the United States, 77% in Japan, 69% in France, and 49% in the United Kingdom." So in the UK was it 35% or 49%? I don't have access to the reference: Sampson, Anthony (1993). The Essential Anatomy of Britain: Democracy in Crisis. HertzDonuts (talk) 05:59, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2366927/So-what-was-100-a-week-worth-in-1961.html

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