Talk:History of the United Kingdom (1945–present)

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[edit] Renaming the Page?

Should this page really be called "History of the United Kingdom (1945-2000)" when its purpose seems to be to talk about the Prime Minister's of that period and what their government's achieved? Maybe this page could take a better name, or at least explain that it deals with Politics and not all types of History. What does everyone else think? --Woodgreener 13:14, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Second121.210.29.121 11:00, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Disagree - it should be expanded to a broader history. Cutler 11:14, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

surely if we are mentioning even just the political history of the united kingdom we must include a mention of the death of the king and the assention of elizabth 2nd. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zepher25 (talk • contribs) 03:01, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:51, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Split?

I think this article should be split into two articles: 1945-79 and 1979-present. This would reflect the huge changes that happened since Thatcher got in. Any comments? Totnesmartin (talk) 11:39, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Rather than split the article, could the title not simply be "History of the United Kingdom from 1945". There is no reason why the year 2000 should have special significance. I agree that 1979 was a significant turning point, but perhaps a more significant year will prove to be 1997 which led to devolution for Scotland - surely the most significant change in the relationship between Scotland and England/rest of the UK since 1707. Cheers Fishiehelper2 (talk) 13:41, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

That's a point, the changes to the Celtic regions might be a better splitting point - or perhaps three articles (1945/79/97)? And "perhaps will prove to be" is a bit crystal ball-ish. Maybe do the 79 split, then a later 97 split at some future time (eg if/when Scotland finally becomes independent). BUT first things first, Shall I rename 2000 to "present" for the time being? Totnesmartin (talk) 14:35, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
I'd say 'yes'. Cheers Fishiehelper2 (talk) 14:54, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Done. Totnesmartin (talk) 15:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

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