Talk:History of the United Kingdom

Incorrect weekly pay average for 1961
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. Tezmi (talk) 23:48, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 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)

21st century
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)

Graph of historic population
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)

Weird sentence
"In 1987, only 35% of 16- to 18-year-olds were in full-time education or training, compared with 80% in the United States, 77% in Japan, 69% in France, and 49% in the United Kingdom." So in the UK was it 35% or 49%? I don't have access to the reference: Sampson, Anthony (1993). The Essential Anatomy of Britain: Democracy in Crisis. HertzDonuts (talk) 05:59, 18 May 2024 (UTC)