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Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative party

Behind the news Why PMs get the push . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Richard Nixon at the White House with his family following his resignation as president, 9 August 1974. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Richard Nixon’s final address: the day the president departed the White House . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, on display at the British Museum

The Elgin Marbles: what are they and where are they located?

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Sir Graham Brady (centre), chairman of the 1922 Committee, announces that Theresa May has survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust her as party leader with a motion of no confidence

1922 Committee Why are the Tory 'men in grey suits' so influential? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The origins of the Conservative Party can be traced to the ‘Tory’ group in parliament which emerged in the last quarter of the 17th century and, led by Lord Bolingbroke (pictured) and Robert Harley, held power during the final years of Queen Anne’s reign. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Why are they called Tories? A brief history of the Conservative Party . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A black-and-white photograph of men walking down a road lined with shops. They are armed with guns

The Irish Civil War: 100 years on . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Phil Tinline WL

Britain’s century of political nightmares . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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15 minutes of fame Rana Mitter chooses Tsiang Tingfu . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Montage of five British prime ministers: David Lloyd George, Neville Chamberlain, Anthony Eden, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher

Prime ministers Five of the greatest downfalls of the past 100 years . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait of Benjamin Franklin. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The Treaty of Paris 1783: how to negotiate an exit . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man walking past a pile of uncollected rubbish during the Winter of Discontent, 22 September 1978

Q&A What was the Winter of Discontent?

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An overturned vehicle on tramlines as a blockage to traffic during the General Strike of 1926

A brief history of strike action . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, with his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, riding in an open carriage at Sarajevo shortly before their assassination on 28 June 1914

Franz Ferdinand “This mythologised murder did not trigger WW1” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An angry crowd of around 400 miners blockade National Coal Board boss Ian McGregor inside a colliery office at Ellinton Colliery, 22 February 1984

Your guide to the miners’ strike of 1984–85

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Historian Joyce Lee Malcolm

Joyce Lee Malcolm on gun ownership in America “Why is the right to be armed such an emotional one for Americans? No police force can protect everyone, or even any one, all of the time” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.