in the #history of #law, villages in #England had to build single-cell jails called “lock-ups”: “a place of temporary confinement for the reception of vagrants, paupers, felons and the like.” #policing
on 02026-08-12Kara Dimitruk and Ben Southwood claim that the #history of capitalism in the #UK and specifically #England is due to the Glorious Revolution in 01688, which allowed Parliament to “untangle excessively strong and complex property rights”, ending the “vetocracy” that paralyzed #development. “The Glorious Revolution resolved the conflict between landowners and the Crown by handing the country to the landowners.” William of Orange invaded, James II fled to France, and William and Mary were crowned.
on 02026-08-06“Woman deported from #England despite being married to Briton for 27 years” #immigration #human-rights
on 02017-03-03“the power of a massive populist movement that has now upended the two most stable democracies in the world” #USA #England #politics #Trump #Brexit
on 02017-01-30#China Railway extends its New Silk Route to Barking, #England.
on 02017-01-05