South Sea Bubble

680 days ago

The Church of England rewrites history over slavery and bungs £100 million to its "victims"

Nobody seems to care about history being accurate any more. As long as it fits the narrative that English folks were universally bad and that vast amounts of money must be paid to the imagined victims of slavery.  The Church of England buys into this piffle and has produced a big report into its slaving links with especial reference to the South Sea Company and has found £100 million down the back of the sofa to compensate communities that might have suffered. Where to start?

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1626 days ago

The statue purge continues with those ignorant of history calling the shots – Thomas Guy

Goody Proctor saw Baden Powell watching Gone with the Wind. Quick let’s tear down his statue too.  The hysteria mounts and among the keenest to eradicate history is Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of Stab City the lawless moral cesspit that is the capital of Airstrip One. In his sights right now is Thomas Guy who bequeathed his fortune to found Guy’s Hospital in London. The name stays, for now, but the statue is on its way out. Naturally the charges against him show a profound ignorance of history but when do the mob and half wits like Khan care about the facts?

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