pride in englishness is inextricably linked to pride in the empire. colonial nostalgia and historical revisionism are central to englishness. and i wish empire could die without taking score and scores of brutalised colonised subjects with it

instead of compulsory civic service: make it compulsory to repatriate all the jewels and artifacts https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿" title="Flag of England" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of England"> plundered, pay reparations to its former colonies, members of the windrush generation who were mistreated and deported, rehouse, pay reparations for the sufferers of the grenfell

legitimately muting this settler shag fest.