BY STEWART SLATER The two most frequent events in public life are Keir Starmer U-turning on one of his “core” beliefs, and the chattering classes frothing over Britain’s imperial legacy. And here we are again. The former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, last week opined that Australia’s colonisation by Britain was the “luckiest thing” ever to happen to the country, and the outrage train has … Continue reading The Glory that was Britain
BY NOEL YAXLEY Should Britain pay reparations for slavery? In recent years this question has come to dominate political discourse and help propel the racial justice movement into the mainstream. During the recent Royal Caribbean tour, Prince William and Kate Middleton were filmed enjoying local cuisine and engaging in a spot of Caribbean culture. But in what was a carefully managed PR campaign, we saw … Continue reading British Slave Masters & Owners are Long Dead
BY EFFIE DEANS I have been asked to help decolonise the curriculum where I work. I take this to mean I must remove all subjects that benefitted from colonisers or colonialism, all writers who were involved in or benefited from the slave trade or indeed all books that nice people in 2021 should disapprove of. My first task is to remove all books in Latin, … Continue reading Decolonising the Curriculum
BY ALEXIA JAMES We knew before the “Liberal Democrat” conference started that a vote for the Lib Dems was a vote that allowed Corbyn to sneak into power and wreck Britain. Today, after they have voted as a party to Revoke Article 50, we now know that a vote for the Lib Dems is a vote to throw away our nation state – a vote … Continue reading Yellow Peril
