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Section sizes

Section size for History of the United Kingdom (80 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	8,506	8,506
18th century	61	24,578
Birth of the Union	1,873	1,873
Hanoverian kings	3,911	3,911
South Sea Bubble	1,270	1,270
Robert Walpole	1,068	1,068
Moralism, benevolence and hypocrisy	5,703	5,703
Warfare and finance	2,549	2,549
British Empire	8,143	8,143
1800 to 1837	185	10,916
Union with Ireland	2,523	2,523
Napoleonic wars	3,128	8,208
Financing the war	3,053	3,053
War of 1812 with United States	2,027	2,027
Postwar reaction: 1815–1822	4,899	7,659
Whig reforms of the 1830s	2,229	2,229
Leadership	531	531
Victorian era	6,344	38,956
Foreign policy	86	6,492
Free trade imperialism	1,103	1,103
Russia, France and the Ottoman Empire	1,357	1,357
American Civil War	2,369	2,369
Empire expands	1,577	1,577
Boer War	4,907	4,907
Ireland and Home Rule	2,649	2,649
Leadership	1,801	18,564
Queen Victoria	1,081	1,081
Palmerston	843	843
Disraeli	4,300	4,300
Gladstone	7,665	7,665
Salisbury	2,874	2,874
Early 20th century 1901–1918	4,090	23,313
Edwardian era 1901–1914	3,118	3,118
First World War	12,027	12,027
Postwar settlement	1,781	1,781
Irish independence and partition	2,297	2,297
Interwar era 1918–1939	1,046	25,546
Popular culture	2,124	8,867
Cinema and radio	2,560	2,560
Sports	1,305	1,305
Reading	2,878	2,878
Politics and economics of the 1920s	43	1,428
Expanding the welfare state	1,385	1,385
Conservative control	2,551	2,551
Economics	3,453	6,507
Labour	3,054	3,054
Great Depression	3,004	3,004
Appeasement	2,143	2,143
Second World War 1939–1945	4,240	8,346
Mobilisation of women	2,088	2,088
Welfare state	2,018	2,018
Postwar	829	32,324
Austerity, 1945–1950	1,462	4,437
Nationalisation	2,975	2,975
Prosperity of the postwar years	13,688	13,688
Empire to Commonwealth	1,143	1,143
From the Troubles to the Belfast Agreement	1,924	1,924
The economy in the late 20th century	4,787	4,787
Common Market (EEC), then EU, membership	4,047	4,047
Devolution for Scotland and Wales	1,469	1,469
21st century	18	48,531
War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War	2,021	2,021
Nationalist governments in Scotland	4,172	5,517
2014 Scottish Independence referendum	1,345	1,345
The 2008 economic crisis	2,073	2,073
The 2010 coalition government	3,410	3,410
2015 election	2,145	2,145
2016 EU membership referendum	4,026	4,026
COVID-19 pandemic	16,273	16,273
2022 Government Crises	95	13,048
Partygate	4,438	4,438
July 2022 United Kingdom Government Crisis	3,207	3,207
October 2022 United Kingdom Government Crisis	5,308	5,308
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	245,692	245,692

Incorrect weekly pay average for 1961[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

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

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