#Britain

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia

This is indeed the popular British narrative -- that Britain's role in the slave trade was to end it, that the British empire decolonised so much more peacefully than the

Phillips P. OBrien

PhillipsPOBrien

The real answer to this question is France's contribution in the victory was extremely important--for reasons that are not always understood. Though the Germans conquered France, the Luftwaffe losses in

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

Today in pulp: what were the top 10 causes of death in Victorian Britain*? Let's see...(*according to the Victorian Illustrated Police News: "the worst newspaper in England!") #WednesdayWisdom No 10:

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Things not looking good in the UK (massive understatement). We all need to act like we could have COVID-19 & minimise close physical contact with those outside our household. Need

Snigdha #VivaWoke

snigskitchen

Heard it said to Indians/Pakistanis/Bangladeshis & British Asians you should be thankful the British built the railway. The truth: Indians couldn't work on them, paid for at exorbitant rates by

ten million hardbacks 📚

10mhardbacks

It's funny cos everyone in Britain always bangs on about THE WAR and what they would have done and clearly the answer is grassing up the neighbours to the Gestapo

Historyland.

LandOfHistory

Here, Worsley is not only deliberately going for pretty pathetic non-news click-bait but is being downright inaccurate as well, and is probably showing her inexperience with the subject of both

Edmund Griffiths

EdmundGriffiths

If nuclear weapons remain in existence forever then sooner or later they _will_ be used again: either consciously by some govt, as at Hiroshima, or accidentally, or in response to

Andrew Steele

statto

There's a pandemic hitting poorer countries hard. We're about to become buccaneering 'global Britain'.So let's cut international aid funding from 0.7% to 0.5% of GDP! When GDP is smaller anyway

Greg Rubini

GregRubini

1. keep your eyes on this name:Tobias Ellwoodhe will become very famous, here in the US.in 2016, Tobias Ellwood was the UK "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs"Thanks, @RudyGiuliani

Luke McGee

lukemcgee

The coronavirus crisis has reignited one of the country's most bitter political debates: Can the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland survive as a union of four nations?https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/14/uk/united-kingdom-divided-

Shayan Sardarizadeh

Shayan86

NEW: I've spent the last 3 months investigating the rise of QAnon in the UK and Save Our Children rallies up and down the country. I've spent hours in their

Philosopher Kin

rogerahicks

Britain is not a genuine nation, but a mercenary "patron state" deceitfully posing as a nation, in order to legitimise itself, its ruling elites & the immense wealth & power

Municipal Dreams

MunicipalDreams

1/ THREAD: 'The New Towns of Britain' published by the Central Office of Information in 1964. 'The New Towns are one of the most striking developments in post-war Britain.' 2/

Iesha Small (“eye-ee-sha”)

ieshasmall

“There has been a curious mixture of superiority and fatalism about Britain’s entire response to covid-19.“ - we know best coupled with old ppl gonna die anyway, innit?https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-comforting-and-misleading-politic

Iana Dreyer

IanaDreyer

1/ Some thoughts on UK draft text tabled to the EU today + @DavidGHFrost letterIt is understandable, and even desirable from a business perspective, that many of the UK's demands