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Revenue figures for the late 19th c. show that more than half of Britain's domestic budget was derived from money extracted from the colonies (36% from India, 20% from others). All the roads, parks, public buildings, the welfare state... all of it was funded by the colonies.
Keep this in mind the next time someone tells you that commonwealth immigrants don't "deserve" free access to the NHS, or recourse to public funds. #BritishHistoryMatters

Source: essay by Gurminder Bhambra in routledge.com/Austere-Histor…
Development economists believe that the success of high-income nations has to do with "good governance" and strong institutions and stable markets... it's all a fairy tale. In most cases the development of high-income nations was enabled, in large part, by plunder.
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A: Save the tiger!

B: You shouldn’t say ‘save the tiger’! You should say ‘save all animals’.

A: Of course all animals should be protected, but tigers are on the verge of extinction. They need saving.

B: Oh I get it.

C: Save the pigeon!
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“Black lives matters, just matter, not matter more than you....that’s where we start the negotiations...”
- Michael Che - PART 1
#BlackLivesMatter #BLM #BLMUK #BritishHistoryMatters
"There's a lot of tension. Blacks and cops aren't getting along.

I don't know if you've seen the news for the past 400 years but...”
- Michael Che - PART 2 #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #BlackLivesMatterUK #BLMLDN
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