Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.
Britain's Prime Minister is required to respond to questions put by Members of Parliament.
This clip, from a BBC documentary on Margaret Thatcher, highlights her final days as Prime Minister and explains how she lost power when members of he...
Looking back, to make sure her husband Denis is there, Margaret Thatcher addresses the gathered crowd, then leaves Number 10 Downing Street (the Londo...
Margaret Thatcher became a Member of Parliament in 1959, representing Finchley.
In this video - highlighting Margaret Thatcher's speech to the House of Commons on the 30th of October, 1990 - she explains why she is so opposed to B...
In this clip, from the BBC program "The Downing Street Years," Margaret Thatcher describes why she allowed America to use British bases during a deplo...
This clip, from a BBC documentary on Margaret Thatcher, includes her remarks after the Brighton bombing.
It was huge news - throughout the United Kingdom - when a sitting Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, resigned her position.
Margaret Thatcher remains a polarizing figure.
In this rare video clip of Margaret Thatcher - being interviewed in 1962 - we hear her express concern that not enough women are given opportunities f...
Nine months after her husband (King Louis XVI) was executed, Marie Antoinette followed him to the guillotine.
Francis Walsingham, a key advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, created a trap for Mary, Queen of Scots.
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