British policy is run in the interests of rentiers, financiers, and dividend earners. Everything else follows. (View Post)

Yes and no. There are many things to deplore in the American settler experience - and indeed they were deplorable even by the standards of their time. I seem to recall that Columbus developed a reput… (View Post)

I tried to say as much on here a few days ago. Badenoch makes good copy, and she is obviously a conviction politician. I doubt she can survive a series of gaffes, and I don’t think her convictions ar… (View Post)

No, she uses no terms of approbation about the exploration and discovery, only terms of condemnation. I tend to agree with you that this is a three year old clip and there are more important things t… (View Post)

I think the problem is characterising the whole discovery and settlement of America as “shameful”. The catastrophic loss of the indigenous population is certainly a vital part of the story, but it’s … (View Post)