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Has Britain become ashamed of its own history?
Cambridge historian Robert Tombs joins The Capitalist to challenge the prevailing narrative of empire, slavery and national guilt – and explain why Britain needs a better story.
Discussing his new book with @NigelBiggar.
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🧵The simple equation ‘Empire equals evil’ is historical and ethical nonsense.
✍️@NigelBiggar
Our imperfect ancestors succeeded in creating some very valuable traditions and institutions.
These include a centuries-long constitutional history of rule by wide consent and a Common Law tradition that constrains judges to heed the wisdom of the past; a national preference for patient, incremental change that is effective and persistent, over counterproductive spasms of anarchical revolution.
Read more: capx.co/stop-trashing-britai…
🧵This week, the law firm Eversheds Sutherland published its investigation into allegations of a cover-up at the National Energy System Operator (NESO), the state-owned body that balances the national grid.
✍️@jamespriceglos
None of this is inevitable. Reopening the North Sea, unbanning fracking, building nuclear or striking deals with the Americans and the Gulf states would provide actual energy security.
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'Higher levies on wealth would not fund the sort of welfare state Britons have become accustomed to. For that, politicians and voters would have to accept that broad swathes of society need to start contributing more.'
@TheEconomist Budget preview: economist.com/britain/2026/1…
Britain is not a racist hellhole
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In June, Britain came within a whisker of not having enough power to go round
✍️@jamespriceglos
A grid that needs French electricity on a warm June evening barely needs an aggressive foreign actor to destabilise it
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