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Æthelstan-mania reaches the Guardian, as I make the case for marking England's 1100th birthday next July.
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🚨 Breaking Athelstan News 🚨
Culture Sec @lisanandy has asked ceremonials minister @Steph_Peacock to organise a “fitting commemoration” for England’s 1,100 birthday
Tory @Rebecca_SPaul suggested “commemorative coins, stamps, special lessons in schools, Athelstan on Trafalgar Square’s 4th Plinth”
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I am slightly bamboozled by a secular culture in which any sexual ethic beyond 'if it's legal & there's consent it's fine' has been treated as unforgivably reactionary paternalism suddenly have a bout of hyper-moralism over Walliams. By liberal standards, what has he done wrong?
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This would be absolutely disastrous for social cohesion (would amount to state denial of an English ethnic majority) and will make it more difficult to understand differences *between* different Black and Asian ethnic groups (especially in terms of integration and identity).
MPs including @JamesCleverly and @DavidLammy are to back a move for "Black English" and "Asian English" to be added to the census - an anomaly they say must be corrected.
The push is being spearheaded by @JoshBabarinde - and a counter to some Reform UK claims about Englishness.
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London is hosting “The Thinking Muslim Conference” this weekend.
One speaker said he would be willing to carry out a suicide bombing.
Another was described as a member of Al-Qaeda, and met the Taliban.
I have written to the Home Secretary about the obvious security concerns.
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Again, this is just mimicking Trump’s behaviour. It’s equally arrogant and belligerent.
Not even remotely gracious in victory. Just gross really
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Now Americans will experience what I have endured all my life from the spiteful, rude, nasty and arrogant Islamists.
#AbdulElSayed
#Michigan
#Midterms26
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This is a really unpleasant encounter revealing a number of rather sinister aspects to this new senator’s mindset - not least the way he engages in physical intimidation.
Michigan's Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed confronted @jamesmatthewsky, telling him he wouldn't answer his questions as he wants "zero" votes in the UK.
Watch the heated exchange between the two.
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Wrong.
The Caribbean sugar trade during the era of transatlantic slavery generated vast national wealth for Britain, funded the early stages of industrialization, and reshaped its financial and consumer culture.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is false. Plantations made some people wealthy, but small contributions, max 1-2% national income, some saying 0.5%.
It had a small effect on pace select areas industrialised, but weak compared to existing technology/funding. More slaving states developed slower.
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This is all true. The speed and scale of the change are seismic and unprecedented. And it is not leading to the multicultural utopia that elitist liberal-progressive voices predicted. On the contrary, it is leading to a nation increasingly divided along ethnic, religious and cultural lines. We have to manage that rupture as best we can - and by always retaining our basic humanity. But pretending it isn’t happening serves no-one.
It’s not ‘racist’ to notice that England is undergoing convulsive demographic change. There is no historical precedent for the levels of migration that have been imposed on us – and against our will. The English are disappearing, says Patrick West
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Many people in Europe need to take heed of this:
There is a lot of Russian propaganda in Europe. They have invested as much money in it as in weapons during this war. This is a massive financial program spanning decades. Russia has been waging a hybrid war against Europe, including Italy, France, Britain, and Germany, for a long time. It just isn't waging a full-scale war against them as it is against us. Because we had the same thing – a hybrid war. Russian narratives across absolutely all television and media platforms, on the internet, and on social media.
People should not be pierced through and brainwashed by waves of narratives from the Russian Federation. Because it is up to France, Ukraine, Italy, and Spain to decide how to live and whom to elect. Russia cannot influence Italy's choices and freedom. Italy is a free country, just like Ukraine.
The Russians will seek to exploit far-right movements, religious movements, faith, migration, and gender. Russia doesn't care what issue can divide society: from religion to language, Russia will always find it and strike there. We are seeing this now not only in Europe – they also have influence in the United States of America. They have a very significant wave going on there, and their network is operating.
From an interview with Corriere della Sera. (3/3)
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I see Algerian flags. I see Palestinian flags. I see Communist flags. I see the Suriname flag. What I don't see is any French flags...
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That’s the result of decades of Right and Left influencers, intellectuals, activists and cultural figures telling you how awful it is for different reasons stacking up together.
Half of Britons say there are no circumstances in which they would go to war for their country, a poll has found.
Just 36 per cent said there were circumstances in which they would fight. Read our analysis to understand what these numbers suggest ⬇️
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I thank His Majesty King Charles III for the audience. It is important for me to have the opportunity to personally thank him for his unwavering support for Ukraine. We appreciate all the assistance provided by the United Kingdom.
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