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A year ago, @thesundaytimes published a dishonest Jeremy Clarkson column which repeated a series of slavery denialist claims. Yesterday, after months of argument + intervention from @IpsoNews, the paper finally printed this correction. Here's why it matters. 1/14 Image
The story. Back in Feb 2021, Clarkson in his weekly column had a pop at history teachers and other 'muddle-headed lefties who hate Britain' who – this time – he accused of covering up the positive stories from Britain’s slavery history. 2/14
He claimed schools won't teach about the Royal Navy’s campaign against slave-traders after Britain abolished the trade (but not slavery) in 1807. Even though this "most morally just war of all time... cost far more than Britain earned from its earlier slaving enterprises". 3/14
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