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# Great Britain

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## Great Britain


* ![KFC Chicken Shortage](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ede5e274ce142fb/698928437cdbac2d21d5c056/kfc-shortage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 20, 2018  
## [British KFC Fans Are Freaking Out Because the Stores Don't Have Any Chicken](https://time.com/5166677/kfc-chicken-shortage-united-kingdom/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![OMB Director Mick Mulvaney And White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Brief The Media At The White House](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf08ebdad03407b65/6988bec7196cf476bd03f451/gettyimages-654176486.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 17, 2017  
## [White House Seeks to Allay U.K. Over Wiretap Claim](https://time.com/4705282/donald-trump-wiretapping-british-concerns/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Zeke J Miller
* ![WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump \(R\) and British Prime Minister Theresa May ,participate in a joint press conference at the East Room of the White House January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Prime Minister May is on a visit to the W](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b2c6018aef8a9bc/6988b7aa524fc04b44dfae51/theresa-may-donald-trump1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 27, 2017  
## [The British Prime Minister Tried to Rein in President Trump](https://time.com/4652108/donald-trump-theresa-may-russia-nato/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Zeke J Miller
* ![U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto give a press conference at the Los Pinos residence in Mexico City, Mexico, August 31, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49bf5dd58c2d4dbc/6988add1a988ca8fd86ba182/161109_inv_economistsfear.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 21, 2017  
## [Trump to Hold First Foreign Leader Meetings](https://time.com/4642507/donald-trump-foreign-leaders-president/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Zeke J Miller
* ![Guinness World Records Day 2016](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt901d39e84a9edf03/6988aee3524fc0447fdfa475/bungee-dunker-britain-sheffield-simon-berry-biscuit-tea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 17, 2016  
## [Watch a Thrill Seeker Break a Guinness World Record by Dunking Biscuit During Bungee Jump](https://time.com/4575041/guinness-world-record-dunking-biscuit-bungee-jump/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Abigail Abrams  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5cd9ac0f129ba82f/6988a37cf887dc4de4e972b9/team-great-britain-olympics-luggage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 24, 2016  
## [All These Olympic Athletes Had Identical Matching Bags So Baggage Claim Was Impossible](https://time.com/4464699/rio-2016-olympics-britain-baggage-claim/)  
by Cady Lang
* ![A laptop screen displays a parliamentary petition on the website of the British government, calling for a 2nd UK referendum on the UK's inclusion within the EU, following the pro-Brexit result of the June 23 vote to leave.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a1feea65ab49d5e/69889974656a3fec92bcc0d6/eu-second-referendum.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 25, 2016  
## [Petition for Second Brexit Referendum Draws 2 Million Signatures](https://time.com/4382857/brexit-petition-2-million-signatures/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rosalie Chan
* ![Blood, toil, tears and sweat: A young Briton and a stooped Churchill wait out the Brexit vote.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57809b56073f0c17/69889961f887dc0989e96634/brexit2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 24, 2016  
## [How Psychology Made the Brexit Vote Inevitable](https://time.com/4381837/brexit-psychology/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Beverley Pilkington, 22 year old model from Essex, wearing Pro Europe white tee shirt with the slogan, Europe or bust? May 19, 1975.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt504c237bcaca63db/698899148e060127ff466671/eu-referendum-vote-mrpphotos351852.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 23, 2016  
## [A Look Back at the Last Time Great Britain Had to Vote About Europe](https://time.com/4379439/great-britain-referendum-1970-photos/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Olivier Laurent and Michelle Molloy
* ![Princess Elizabeth sitting on a garden seat with two corgi dogs at her home on 145 Piccadilly, London. July 1936.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd53751c4b944dda/69888fccab6d77cb326a9531/160419-queen-elizabeth-ii-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 21, 2016  
## [See Colorized Photos of a Young Queen Elizabeth II](https://time.com/4299810/see-colorized-photos-of-a-young-queen-elizabeth-ii/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Sanna Dullaway  
* ![Neville Chamberlain](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82606226f17078bf/69887a7cab6d774bda6a8191/chamberlain.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 1, 2016  
## ['Downton' Was Right About the Prankster in Neville Chamberlain's Family](https://time.com/4192729/neville-chamberlain-downton-pranks/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Lily Rothman
* ![Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Prime Minister David Cameron stand during a tribute at the Cenotaph to begin three days of national commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day on May 8, 2015 in London.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd10eec7ee214f07a/6987eef035ba6f88b8c0b461/uk-england-leaders-david-cameron.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 8, 2015  
## [Obama Campaign Consultants Worked on Rival Sides in U.K. Elections](https://time.com/3851821/british-elections-david-axelrod-jim-messina/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Philip Elliott
* ![Marilyn Monroe, and her husband, Arthur Miller at a first night for Miller's play A View From the Bridge at the Comedy Theatre, October,1956.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fc41e5d3bd9d7d7/69878456524fc05786decf9f/150319-brian-seed-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 24, 2015  
## [A Father’s Photographs, a Daughter’s Film and a Mother’s Discovered Life](https://time.com/3751136/seed-family/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![Britain's PM Cameron addresses a news conference during a EU leaders summit in Brussels](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b270029953289d1/698784eb0b72e35d436de50e/rtr4u6z6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 24, 2015  
## [U.K. PM Cameron Dubbed 'Arrogant' for Ruling Out Third Term Before End of First](https://time.com/3755658/u-k-great-britain-david-cameron-general-election-arrogant/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Then-Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry in 2013.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ee2766a291bad0b/69876a3a0b72e3f65f6dc147/emily-thornberry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 21, 2014  
## [Why a British Politician Resigned Over This Tweeted Photograph](https://time.com/3599163/uk-politics-tweet/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Catherine Mayer

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