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==[[14 February]] [[2005]]==
*Hare-coursing: As the final Waterloo Cup event in England starts in Altcar, four anti-coursing protesters are arrested. The event is expected to attract up to 10,000 spectators over its 3 days. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4262065.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4265251.stm (BBC)]


==[[11 February]] [[2005]]==
[[Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] heralds the "officially unoffical" start to the [[UK general election, 2005/06|General Election]] [[campaign]] with a [[whistlestop tour]] of [[marginal constituency|marginal constituencies]], unveiling six election pledges. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4255791.stm (BBC)][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4257565.stm (The pledges)]⏎
==[[10 February]] [[2005]]==
*[[British House of Commons|The House of Commons]] passes the [[Identity Cards Bill]] at its third reading by 224 votes to 64, with a majority of 160.  Most of the Conservative Party's MPs abstain.  19 Labour MPs and 11 Conservative MPs defy the whip and vote against the bill, which now moves on to the [[House of Lords]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4252919.stm (BBC)]
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==Past British and Irish events by month==

*[[2005 in the United Kingdom]]: [[January 2005 in Britain and Ireland|January]]
*[[2004 in the United Kingdom]]: [[December 2004 in Britain and Ireland|December]]

''(For earlier events in Britain and Ireland, see [[November 2004]] and preceding months)''