Though in the UK Independence Party case, it is a centre-right wing populist party, which is pro establishment supporting the monarchy.

Though the gallon has ceased to be the legally defined primary unit, it can still be legally used in both the UK and Ireland as a supplementary unit.

Though Sinhala people in particular and Sri Lankans in general have migrated to the UK over the centuries beginning from the colonial times, the number of Sinhalese people in the UK cannot be estimated accurately due to inadequacies of census in the UK.

Though uncommon in the United States, public footpaths in the UK are often through developed areas, securing legal rights for pedestrians to take shortcuts between streets, avoid the noise and danger of streets with vehicles, and reduce the appeal and use of vehicles.

Though the UK is mostly under the influence of the maritime tropical air mass from the south-west, different regions are more susceptible than others when different air masses affect the country: Northern Ireland and the west of Scotland are the most exposed to the maritime polar air mass which brings cool moist air ; the east of Scotland and north-east England are more exposed to the continental polar air mass which brings cold dry air ; the south and south-east of England are more exposed to the continental tropical air mass which brings warm dry air ( and consequently most of the time the warmest summer temperatures ); Wales and the south-west of England are the most exposed to the maritime tropical air mass which brings warm moist air.

( Though there is no actual evidence of this when watching the original broadcasts, part of The Who's performance appeared on UK screens with the sound directly from Wembley, but with the video feed taken from the American feed after the video footage had been passed via satellite, converted from PAL to NTSC and vice versa, back to the UK, leading to the video feed of this performance being delayed behind the audio feed by around 3 seconds on the UK TV feed.

Though Winner Takes All went gold and later spawned the number-one hit " I Wanna Be With You " as well as the top 20 UK hit, " It's a Disco Night ( Rock Don't Stop )", the brothers would struggle to make platinum on their next four releases.

Though there is no accreditation and central body for Reiki, nor any regulation of its practice, there exist organisations within the United Kingdom that seek to standardise Reiki and Reiki practises, such as the UK Reiki Federation and the Reiki Council ( UK ).

Though others had earlier used similar techniques, Thin Lizzy are widely recognised as one of the first hard rock bands to employ double lead guitar harmony sound – a technique pioneered by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and Wishbone Ash in the UK, whilst independently in the USA by Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band.

Though influenced by artists such as the New York Dolls, Roxy Music and David Bowie, both albums were widely dismissed by the UK music press as being distinctly outmoded at a time when punk and New Wave bands were in ascendence.

Though it suffered initial critical apathy, the album became the second fastest-selling album ever in the UK, entering the UK album charts at No. 1 and peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Though Try This reached the top ten on album charts in the U. S., Canada, the UK and Australia, sales were considerably lower than those of Missundaztood ; it went platinum in the U. S. The singles " Trouble " and " God Is a DJ " did not reach the U. S. top 40 but went top ten in other countries, and " Last to Know " was released as a single outside North America.

Commenting on the 1954 enunciation of them, Peter Lyon, a UK academic specializing in international relations, wrote: " Though neutralists in general, and at that time Mr Nehru in particular, seemed to regard these principles as being a special contribution to world politics, they were not at all original, were repetitious, and really boiled down to the edict that a state's independence should not be infringed.

Though not official, it is presumed that pumping house actually served as precursor to the now underground bassline genre that appeared in the UK around the time pumping went scarce.

Though earlier releases by DJ Slugo can be found on UK label WIDE, Planet Mu were the first to grab any media attention.

Though each country is also represented individually at the Commonwealth Games, there is a single ' Team GB ' ( for Great Britain ) that represents the UK at the Olympic Games.

Though the Razorbill's average lifespan is roughly 13 years, a bird ringed in the UK in 1967 has survived for at least 41 years — a record for the species.

Though, often mistaken for a mole his identity as a hamster was confirmed directly by the show's creator Brian Cosgrove on 20 January 2011, following numerous public complaints to the UK quiz show " The Chase " which did not offer mole as part of its multiple choice answers.

Though the prime minister remains an appointee of the president, the president must obey the rules of parliament, and select a leader from the house's majority holding party.

Though owls are typically solitary, the literary collective noun for a group of owls is a parliament.

Though its clashes with the executive would eventually resume, the remodeled Russian parliament had greatly circumscribed powers.

Though, via adopting the Statute of Westminster, these constitutional laws as they apply to Canada now lie within the full control of the Canadian parliament, Canada also agreed not to change its rules of succession without the unanimous consent of, and a parallel change of succession in, the other realms, unless explicitly leaving the shared monarchy relationship ; a situation that applies symmetrically in all the other realms and has been likened to a treaty amongst these countries.

Though historians, journalists, and learned priests published, overall the total output that remain from this period and that had been kept out of the burned parliament is small.

Though the EU is still evolving, it already has many attributes of a federal government, such as open internal borders, a directly elected parliament, a court system, an official currency ( Euro ) and a centralized economic policy.

Though they took pains to keep within the law, the more radical activists were able to see it as the embryo of an alternative parliament.

Though plans were periodically discussed for the erection of a new parliament building ( a site was even considered in the Phoenix Park ), parliament has remained in Leinster House, to which additional offices were added in the 1950s and most recently in the year 2000.

Though he protested his adherence to republican principles, it was a matter of common knowledge that the parliament would have a strong Royalist colour.

Though nine new members were admitted to the Rump parliament, the vast majority of the Rumpers were transferred from the long parliament.

Though always a keen sympathizer with the Irish people in their misfortunes and aspirations and he had criticized severely the methods by which the Act of Union was passed, Lecky, who grew up as a moderate Liberal, was from the first strenuously opposed to William Ewart Gladstone's policy of Home Rule and, in 1895, he was returned to parliament as Unionist member for Dublin University in a by-election.

Though Barton and most of those who present were pleased with the patriotic speech, opposition leader George Reid quickly seized upon the issue as an example of inappropriate interference by the Governor-General in political affairs that were the exclusive domain of parliament.

Though returned as a Unionist, his political action was not to be dictated by party considerations, and he gravitated towards Liberalism ; but he played no prominent part in parliament and at the election of 1906 was defeated.

Though an adviser to Khomeini, he was a leftist who clashed with another ally of Khomeini, the theocratic Islamic Republic Party ( IRP ) – the controlling power in the new parliament.

Though he accepted the petition, Charles later dissolved parliament and ruled without them for eleven years.

Though the great majority of the people were Roman Catholics, no person of that faith could either enter parliament or exercise the franchise ; the penal code, which made it almost impossible for a Roman Catholic to hold property, to follow a learned profession, or even to educate his children, and which in numerous particulars pressed severely on the Roman Catholics and subjected them to degrading conditions, was as yet unrepealed, though in practice largely obsolete ; the industry and commerce of Ireland were throttled by restrictions imposed, in accordance with the economic theories of the period, in the interest of the rival trade of Great Britain.

Though a very small party – it has not gained seats in a state parliament or in the national parliament – the ÖDP became notable for its involvement in the opposition to a Czech nuclear reactor in Temelin, across the border from Bavaria.

Though out of office, his personal influence continued to be very great both at Munich and Berlin, in no small part due to the favorable terms of the treaty of the North German Confederation with Bavaria, which embodied his views, and with its acceptance by the Bavarian parliament.

Though Egypt and Sudan had its own sultan, parliament, and armed forces, it had effectively been under British rule for the duration of the occupation.

Though Dar es Salaam lost its official status as capital city to Dodoma in 1974 ( a move which was not complete until 1996 ), it remains the centre of the permanent central government bureaucracy and continues to serve as the capital for the surrounding Dar es Salaam Region.

Though the theory of dark matter remains the most widely accepted theory to explain the anomalies in observed galactic rotation, some alternative theoretical approaches have been developed which broadly fall into the categories of modified gravitational laws and quantum gravitational laws.

Though considerably changed in detail and expanded over the years, this system remains essentially the same as when formally implemented in 1920.

Though literary detectives have uncovered some of its sources, its remains difficult to say what the poem is about.

Though he remains the head of state, some of his former power is now devolved to several advisory and legislative bodies.

Though the general form remains the same, various definitions become changed and different constants appear at different places.

Though considered to be very important and necessary drugs required to treat severe and life-threatening bacterial infections, the associated antibiotic misuse remains unchecked, which has contributed to the problem of bacterial resistance.

Though semantically singular or ambiguous, singular they remains morphologically and syntactically plural ( e. g. it still takes plural forms of verbs ).

Though the location of Solomon's port of Ezion-Geber is known, no remains have ever been found.

Though much remains unknown about Shaka's personal appearance, sources tend to agree he had a strong, muscular body and was not fat.

Though regulation of sulfate aerosol emissions from petroleum production is becoming stringent, acid rain remains a threat to the health of the residents and the forests.

Though these targumim were later " easternized ", the substratum belying their origins still remains.

Though she takes little direct part in government, the Crown remains the fount in which ultimate executive power over Government lies.

Though not yet available, all that remains is approval by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education.

Though Fox's work has now been to some extent revised, it remains a vital record of stretches of the Dyke that still existed between 1926 and 1928, when his three field surveys took place, but that are now destroyed.

The Alcubierre drive, however, remains a hypothetical concept with seemingly insuperable problems: Though the amount of energy required is no longer thought to be unobtainably large, there is no method to create a warp bubble in a region that does not already contain one, and there is no method to move from the warp-bubble once having arrived at an intended destination.

Though the sovereign remains the fount of justice, he or she cannot unilaterally establish new courts or act as a judge.

Though all but the most primitive bony fish lack a spiracle, the pseudobranch associated with it often remains, being located at the base of the operculum.

Though the prohibition of illegal drugs was established under Islamic law, particularly against the use of hashish as a recreational drug, classical jurists of medieval Islamic jurisprudence accepted the use of hashish for medicinal and therapeutic purposes, and agreed that its " medical use, even if it leads to mental derangement, remains exempt " from punishment.

Though 97 % of Argentina's population self-identify as of European descent to this day a high level of multiculturalism remains a feature of Argentina's culture, allowing foreign festivals and holidays ( e. g. Saint Patrick's Day ), supporting all kinds of art or cultural expression from ethnic groups, as well as their diffusion through an important multicultural presence in the media ; for instance it is not uncommon to find newspapers or radio programs in English, German, Italian or French in Argentina.

Though progress is ongoing, there remains a number of still unrealized goals within the framework of the ROC: " although certainly more ‘ equal ' than they were 20, or even 10, years ago, the indigenous inhabitants in Taiwan still remain on the lowest rungs of the legal and socioeconomic ladders ".

Though the MCS-48 series was eventually replaced by the very popular Intel MCS-51, even at the turn of the millennium it remains quite popular, due to its low cost, wide availability, memory efficient one-byte instruction set, and mature development tools.

Though there is also a healthy and active grindcore scene, death metal remains Poland's strongest and most successful genre in terms of heavy metal.