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Otto English

21 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read

Two of Farage's great great granparents were penniless migrants who came to this country in search of a better life. I wonder what they would make of their ridiculous descendant.

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Yes it's in my book. Farage's immigrant great great grandparents were the Schrods from Germany. That far back we have 16 great grandparents and it's likely that many a rabid Brexiter (like all if us) has immigrant ancestors... fairly recently... that they know nothing about.

Families edit out the uncomfortable bits in their past - they ignore the relatives that don't fit the narratives they tell about themselves. I call it the FFS - the fake family saga
amazon.co.uk/Fake-History-G…

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Earlier this week I sat down with Adrian Goldberg to discuss my book - Fake History, the truth about Winston Churchill and how great myths of exceptionalism have forged the politics of modern Britain. Listen here.. if you like
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If you want to avail yourselves of a copy - grab it while you can. On all good websites now including:

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