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RT by @NigelBiggar: Biggar covers quite a few instances of this kind of redress. Bad behaviour happened, but the Brits would then course-correct (there is some similarity to the Roman fondness for firing corrupt provincial governors into the sun).

Biggar covers quite a few instances of this kind of redress. Bad behaviour happened, but the Brits would then course-correct (there is some similarity to the Roman fondness for firing corrupt provincial governors into the sun).

RT by @NigelBiggar: One of the most interesting (of many) excellent points made in the Lawrence James' Rise & Fall of the British Empire is the debates that raged in Parliament and in the British public about the conduct of the Imperial powers and what the

One of the most interesting (of many) excellent points made in the Lawrence James' Rise & Fall of the British Empire is the debates that raged in Parliament and in the British public about the conduct of the Imperial powers and what the Empire was for.

RT by @NigelBiggar: Here's yours truly in @spectator @SpectatorOz on @NigelBiggar's "Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning"Biggar's book is both more ambiguous and morally challenging than many people on both sides of the colonialism debate care to admit. https

Here's yours truly in @spectator @SpectatorOz on @NigelBiggar's "Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning"

Biggar's book is both more ambiguous and morally challenging than many people on both sides of the colonialism debate care to admit. spectator.com.au/2023/04/wha…

RT by @NigelBiggar: "A lot of people today have a hard time coming to grips with the fact that the past was a very different place." @NigelBiggar https://c2cjournal.ca/2023/04/reckoni...

"A lot of people today have a hard time coming to grips with the fact that the past was a very different place." @NigelBiggar
c2cjournal.ca/2023/04/reckon…

RT by @NigelBiggar: Add to that an ignorance of empire post independence. Including apartheid South Africa

Add to that an ignorance of empire post independence. Including apartheid South Africa

RT by @NigelBiggar: "The problem is that most people in Canada, as well as Britain, simply don’t know enough about the colonial past to contradict the distortions being propagated." @NigelBiggar

"The problem is that most people in Canada, as well as Britain, simply don’t know enough about the colonial past to contradict the distortions being propagated." @NigelBiggar

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RT by @NigelBiggar: @AspectsHistory @History_Reclaim @DouglasKMurray @jordanbpeterson @RoyHistory1 @GoodwinMJ @profdws @epkaufm @BruceDGilley @sauldavid66 Here's my reply to the anonymous reviewer of 'Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning' in the Economist: https

@AspectsHistory @History_Reclaim @DouglasKMurray @jordanbpeterson @RoyHistory1 @GoodwinMJ @profdws @epkaufm @BruceDGilley @sauldavid66 Here's my reply to the anonymous reviewer of 'Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning' in the Economist: nigelbiggar.uk/2023/04/01/th…

RT by @NigelBiggar: My critics =Freedman (Oxford)Hasan (Oxford)Campbell (Cambridge)Portes (Oxford) Cohen (Oxford)Aaronovitch (Oxford)O'Brien (LSE)Ford (Oxford)Jennings (Oxford)Guys have I touched a nerve? lolRead about the New Elite & make up

My critics =

Freedman (Oxford)
Hasan (Oxford)
Campbell (Cambridge)
Portes (Oxford)
Cohen (Oxford)
Aaronovitch (Oxford)
O'Brien (LSE)
Ford (Oxford)
Jennings (Oxford)

Guys have I touched a nerve? lol

Read about the New Elite & make up your OWN mind 👇

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RT by @NigelBiggar: If the last week has convinced me of anything it's that intolerance of people who hold different beliefs is one of the defining features of the New Elite https://amzn.to/3KnhKS5

If the last week has convinced me of anything it's that intolerance of people who hold different beliefs is one of the defining features of the New Elite amzn.to/3KnhKS5

RT by @NigelBiggar: Your own inability to cope with professional criticism is well documented. You’ve bveen sniping at @NigelBiggar & our ethics project for several years. Physician heal thyself.

Your own inability to cope with professional criticism is well documented. You’ve bveen sniping at @NigelBiggar & our ethics project for several years. Physician heal thyself.