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Isn’t cancelled an overused and misused term. If people, institutions, sponsors etc don’t want to be associated with someone whether the reason is they’re a talentless grifter or of questionable character (both apply here) then surely in a truly free society that is their choice. Unless...

I should have said current MP’s but to jump to Bergers defence you have to remember that she initially jumped the Labour ship largely because of the antisemitism issues that Labour were having and not addressing at the time and as she’s a Jewish woman I think you have to admire her principled...

She’s gone from shouting Maggie out out out to a pound shop Maggie impersonator. She started her political career as a Lib Dem before turning to Tory. She’s gone from arch remainer to the Brexit cults pin up girl. I’m really struggling to think of a politician who hasn’t stuck to their...

Beverly Turner recons its all about his stance on covid conspiracies. She’s made a complete arse of herself this afternoon, even by her standards.

And vulnerable, easily manipulated young men too. My brothers oldest lad went down the rabbit hole in his late teens. Couldn’t get a girlfriend and couldn’t work out why so people on line like Tate allowed him to believe that it must be them not him. I’m glad to say he worked it out in the end...

I’m sure turning to the dark side had nothing to do with his own personal behaviour though. Look how elements of the right are happy to make excuses for the behaviour of individuals like Andrew Tate for example. Talking of Tate is it right that Brand has gone down the whole Matrix I’ve taken...

They’re also the point that I could pay my mum rent, buy coffee and avocado on toast etc and save enough money for a deposit to buy my own house in my early 20’s. As did my siblings. Which in actual fact is the only reason today to not charge you kids rent. No way my children will be able to...

Always payed my mum rent as did my siblings when they lived at home. Cheapest living of my entire adult life, got all my meals, washing done, always hot water etc. My mum was a single working mother earning less than myself or any of my siblings once we’d finished our apprenticeships. We used to...

You forgot religion. I’ve been blathering on about that too.

Mmmm. By people claiming to be Christian but in reality have never demonstrated Christian values. Without going down the whole empire rabbit hole again there’s nothing Christian about an awful lot of the things we did to actually build this country. I was extremely religious as a child, took...

I think a lot of people just don’t think that the St George cross represents them. It’s a Christian flag for starters and the majority of the country isn’t Christian, almost 40% at the last census claimed to not be religious at all.

Don’t think you’ve got to vote BF to align yourself with the far right in Germany. You’re average Tory MP including cabinet members past and present do a good job of parroting a lot of what is said by the far right in Germany.

I never claimed that it wasn’t being taught just that the negatives weren’t being mandatorily taught. Slavery being the obvious example, taught about the abolition not the negative or long term effects. Just a pat on the back for finally doing the right thing. Again, we have a government who has...

Only 40% of children take up history as an option for GCSE’s don’t they? Don’t sound that popular to me. It’s certainly far from the mandatory teaching of the negatives of empire you’re trying to argue is mandatory with your links that say suggested not statutory at the top of every list. Which...

So you’re saying that it’s not mandatory to teach the majority of children in schools about the slave trade and the negative sides of colonisation and empire. Thank you for the clarification.

You clearly don’t want to answer that so I’ll answer it for you, 40% at primary level and 80% at secondary level. Follow up question that you probably also won’t want to answer. Are free schools and academy’s mandated to follow the curriculum you posted?

Quick question. What percentage of school children attend a free school or academy?

So again optional not mandatory

So you’re saying if you take history as an option in the final 2 years of your education there’s a chance that in 2015 you might learn something about the empire. Hardly compulsory learning is it and it doesn’t change the fact that schools minister Nick Gibb did say in 2021 that there would be...

The government rejected teaching about colonialism and the slave trade as recently as 2021 following a petition stemming from the BLM protests. The excuse was that it would lower standards. Make of that what you will. Corbyn was also roundly lambasted for suggesting that we teach it while...