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@RussInCheshire I'm so sorry to hear about your mum. I must say, you're being remarkably stoic about it. I dare say you're in bits inside. Be kind to yourself. 😇
Meanwhile, don't worry about #TheWeekInTory. I've made some notes for you...
Meanwhile, don't worry about #TheWeekInTory. I've made some notes for you...
@RussInCheshire To start off #TheWeekInTory, some good news —possibly because it's got nothing to do with Tories.
19AUG20: The 1st polar bear to be born in UK for 2yrs will move from its Scottish home to an English Park.
Hmm. That might make a good metaphor for something more political...
19AUG20: The 1st polar bear to be born in UK for 2yrs will move from its Scottish home to an English Park.
Hmm. That might make a good metaphor for something more political...
@RussInCheshire 1.#WorldHumanitarianDay began tragically when the body of a 16yr-old Sudanese refugee trying to cross the Channel with a friend in a dinghy rowed by shovels washed up on a French beach.
2.Priti Patel responded with invective against criminal gangs, bypassing compassion & concern
2.Priti Patel responded with invective against criminal gangs, bypassing compassion & concern
THREAD: Historian Simon Webb provides the history of the song ‘Rule Brittannia’.
Referring to @BBC’s consideration of Rule Britannia as a Nationalistic song celebrating slavery, Simon said “It’s hard to explain the degree of ignorance involved here in terms of British history.”
Referring to @BBC’s consideration of Rule Britannia as a Nationalistic song celebrating slavery, Simon said “It’s hard to explain the degree of ignorance involved here in terms of British history.”
(2) In the 17th century the seas around Britain were ruled by North African Muslim Slavers. They stopped
British ships and carried off the crews to be sold as slaves in Algiers and Tripoli.
The situation became so bad that fishermen from Devon and Cornwall wouldn’t put out...
British ships and carried off the crews to be sold as slaves in Algiers and Tripoli.
The situation became so bad that fishermen from Devon and Cornwall wouldn’t put out...
(3) ...to sea in case they were captured by North African Slave Traders.
Between 1609 and 1616, 466 British ships were captured by Slave Traders in the English Channel, Irish Sea and North Atlantic, and the crews were sold into slavery.
In 1625 a raiding party landed...
Between 1609 and 1616, 466 British ships were captured by Slave Traders in the English Channel, Irish Sea and North Atlantic, and the crews were sold into slavery.
In 1625 a raiding party landed...
Carole Malone says if you stop singing a song that brags about being the country that enslaved black people, it will "foster racism".
See also:
Don't let women vote or you'll make men more sexist...
Don't allow gay marriage or you'll get more homophobia...
Thank you @skygillian
See also:
Don't let women vote or you'll make men more sexist...
Don't allow gay marriage or you'll get more homophobia...
Thank you @skygillian
Put it this way:
(this isn't an exaggeration because slavery involved a lot of rape)
If there was a song written by a known rapist, about how he'd never been raped, you'd never sing that as you'd know he was bragging about his position at the top of the food chain.
#RuleBritannia
(this isn't an exaggeration because slavery involved a lot of rape)
If there was a song written by a known rapist, about how he'd never been raped, you'd never sing that as you'd know he was bragging about his position at the top of the food chain.
#RuleBritannia
IT GETS BETTER!
@gillianjoseph is absolutely right! Carole argues that removing things that are racist against black people will make people angry at against black people.
You would only argue that (without qualifying it, and she didn't) if you thought that viewpoint had merit.
@gillianjoseph is absolutely right! Carole argues that removing things that are racist against black people will make people angry at against black people.
You would only argue that (without qualifying it, and she didn't) if you thought that viewpoint had merit.
