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The '''United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''' ('''UK''') is a sovereign [[state]] north-west of mainland [[Europe]]. It comprises [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]], which occupy the island of [[Great Britain]], and [[Northern Ireland]] on the island of [[Ireland]]. It attained its current identity in 1922 after most of Ireland was granted independence. The UK, at least in part, has a separate identity from mainland Europe.<ref>Hanson, Victor Davis (September 12, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/victor-davis-hanson-britain-free-market-democratic-world Victor Davis Hanson: Britain's got one last chance to reembrace the [[free -market]] democratic world it helped create]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 13, 2019.</ref>
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. Its [[head of state]] is King [[Charles III]], and its [[head of government]] is Prime Minister [[Keir Starmer]].
The national anthem of the UK is currently ''[[God Save the King]]''. Should a female heir accede to the throne, the anthem will become "God Save the Queen".<ref>This same melody is also sung by American schoolchildren (with different words) as "[[My Country, 'Tis of Thee]]".</ref>
The constituent nations have their own unofficial anthems. In the case of Wales, this is ''Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau'' (''Land of My Fathers''), and for Scotland it is ''Flower of Scotland''. England does not have its own distinctive anthem in the same way, but at sporting events in which England is competing as a separate nation, [[Edward Elgar]]'s patriotic song ''Land of Hope and Glory'' is sometimes used (although ''God Save the King'' is more commonly used). Additionally , the hymn "Jerusalem" has a large number of supporters in England as an alternative to, or replacement for, the national anthem. In Northern Ireland, the Protestant and Catholic communities respectively use ''God Save the King'' and ''Amhran na bhFiann'', the Irish national anthem. ''Londonderry Air'' is often used as the anthem for Northern Ireland competitors in sporting events.
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It would take a rechristianization of Britain in order for the Islamic terrorism situation to be turned around in the UK.]]
{{Cquote|On March 7th the Henry Jackson Society, a [[British ]] [[think tank]], released a report titled, Islamist Terrorism: Analysis of Offenses and Attacks in the UK (1998-2015). As stated by author Hannah Stuart, the purpose of the report is to provide “information and statistical analysis on the manifestation and development of the threat to national security from Islamism-inspired terrorism.” According to the report, there have been 264 convictions of Islamism-inspired terrorism in the UK as a result of arrests made between 1998 and 2015. Interestingly, 72% of these Islamism-related offences (IROs) were committed by UK nationals or individuals holding dual British nationality, with the overwhelming majority being perpetrated by males. However, although their numbers remain small, female involvement in Islamism-inspired terrorism has tripled since 2011, with women accounting for 11% of all IROs occurring between 2011 and 2015. This represents a 175% increase from IROs occurring between 1998 and 2010 involving women.
The report goes on to discuss contemporary developments in terrorism, highlighting that “the expansion of the terrorism threat from that predominantly associated with AQ [al-Qaeda]-linked groups to one driven by IS [Islamic State] has been the key development since the publication of the previous edition of this report in 2011.” As such, the author concludes that terrorism inspired by the Islamic State currently represents the greatest threat to the UK’s national security. A brief overview of AQ is offered, which discusses the evolution of the terrorist group, including the creation and expansion of AQ franchises. Knowledge of this history is necessary to better understand both current trends in Jihadist-inspired terror attacks and the rise of the Islamic State.<ref>[https://www.hsdl.org/c/islamist-terrorism-in-the-uk-an-in-depth-analysis/ ''Islamist Terrorism in the UK: An In-Depth Analysis'']</ref>}}
''City Journal'' is one of the world's premier urban-policy magazines, “the Bible of the new urbanism,” as London’s ''Daily Telegraph'' puts it.<ref>[https://www.city-journal.org/about ABOUT CITY JOURNAL]</ref>
In Autumn the autumn of 2021, Lionel Shriver published the article [https://www.city-journal.org/united-kingdom-servile-response-to-covid-19-pandemic ''The Most Frightened Nation''] with the byline ''Why the United Kingdom will never be the same'' which stated:
{{Cquote|What was once the land of “keep calm and carry on” could now be the “most frightened nation in the world.” So says Laura Dodsworth, author of A State of Fear: How the UK Government Weaponised Fear During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Data seem to bear her impression out. According to an Ipsos MORI poll conducted in July, an impressive 27 percent of Britons want to impose a government-mandated nationwide curfew of 10 PM—not then in force—“until the pandemic was under control worldwide,” which might be years from now. A not-inconsiderable 19 percent would impose such a curfew “permanently, regardless of the risk from Covid-19.” Presumably, these are people who don’t get out much. While 64 percent want Britain’s mask mandate in shops and on public transport to remain a legal requirement for the duration of the global pandemic, an astounding 51 percent want to be masked by law, forever.
