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SimmyMc retweeted
Oh dear Kay. Possibly the greatest community note in the history of the internet.
Having just left Elmina Castle in Ghana, where enslaved Africans were imprisoned before being shipped across the Atlantic, I think Europeans should never tire of acknowledging the horrors of our shared history and asking forgiveness from our African friends.
Britain played its own shameful part in that history.
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Elmina Castle was built by the Portuguese in 1482, seized by the Dutch in 1637 and acquired by Britain only in 1872—after Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807. Africans captured in wars and raids supplied most enslaved people sold to Europeans at such coastal forts.
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SimmyMc retweeted
It’s hard to put into words how much I loathe the EU. I loathe their corruption, their contempt for democracy, their destruction of the nation state, their exploitation of weaker nations, their bullying, their obsession with net zero.
Actually, it’s quite easy to put into words.
SimmyMc retweeted
Having been teaching this recently, and having seen raised eyebrows and intakes of breath from some students when I suggested there were a number of interpretations of the topic, thank you @KemiBadenoch for shifti the tone of the debate.
Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated. We should be honest about the whole history, not select the parts that are politically convenient today, especially given Britain's leading role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
If Caribbean countries are asking Britain for a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, will they also be asking the same of the descendants of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured, sold and profited from the trade?
On demands for reparations, whether through cash or debt relief, we have been down this track before. Twenty-five years ago, Jubilee 2000, Drop the Debt and Make Poverty History argued that cancelling the debts of poorer countries would give them a fresh start. More than $100 billion of debt was eventually written off, but many of those countries have since built up even bigger debts. Labour are already spending too much on Britain's welfare state, now is not the time for Andy Burnham to be providing global welfare.
There is no reason British taxpayers today should be held financially responsible for things that happened generations before any of us were born. And I have even less patience for political elites in commonwealth countries who don’t know how to make their own citizens prosperous now looking for another opportunity to blame Britain.
As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham should be Britain’s greatest defender. Instead, he is writing articles saying we need to confront our history (as if we haven't done enough of that) and considering another formal historical apology. Tony Blair already expressed Britain’s deep sorrow and regret for our role in the slave trade nearly twenty years ago. There is no need to do so again.
This is all another navel-gazing distraction. The Commonwealth should be looking forward, not endlessly backwards. That means economic partnerships to make us all richer and deeper military and security cooperation against common threats. If every Commonwealth summit becomes an exercise in presenting Britain with demands for cash then we need to start asking if it is worth the effort.
SimmyMc retweeted
I’ve waited to mull this over and to not be hasty but it just won’t go away.
I absolutely wanted Romesh to win from the outset of #TheTraitors - I’m a great fan and still am.
Lovely funny Romesh is great.
And as it got nearer the end I actually predicted the two who won.
BUT to find out that they chose to ignore our own people, our own children, those in need here and choose refugee charities is a great disappointment and proves the art industry is full of lefties who have their priorities all wrong.
I wonder what the other charities were?
SimmyMc retweeted
Spot on. The leadership Britain is lacking
Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated. We should be honest about the whole history, not select the parts that are politically convenient today, especially given Britain's leading role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
If Caribbean countries are asking Britain for a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, will they also be asking the same of the descendants of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured, sold and profited from the trade?
On demands for reparations, whether through cash or debt relief, we have been down this track before. Twenty-five years ago, Jubilee 2000, Drop the Debt and Make Poverty History argued that cancelling the debts of poorer countries would give them a fresh start. More than $100 billion of debt was eventually written off, but many of those countries have since built up even bigger debts. Labour are already spending too much on Britain's welfare state, now is not the time for Andy Burnham to be providing global welfare.
There is no reason British taxpayers today should be held financially responsible for things that happened generations before any of us were born. And I have even less patience for political elites in commonwealth countries who don’t know how to make their own citizens prosperous now looking for another opportunity to blame Britain.
As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham should be Britain’s greatest defender. Instead, he is writing articles saying we need to confront our history (as if we haven't done enough of that) and considering another formal historical apology. Tony Blair already expressed Britain’s deep sorrow and regret for our role in the slave trade nearly twenty years ago. There is no need to do so again.
This is all another navel-gazing distraction. The Commonwealth should be looking forward, not endlessly backwards. That means economic partnerships to make us all richer and deeper military and security cooperation against common threats. If every Commonwealth summit becomes an exercise in presenting Britain with demands for cash then we need to start asking if it is worth the effort.
SimmyMc retweeted
Everything in this.
We need to stop playing into the race grift.
Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated. We should be honest about the whole history, not select the parts that are politically convenient today, especially given Britain's leading role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
If Caribbean countries are asking Britain for a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, will they also be asking the same of the descendants of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured, sold and profited from the trade?
On demands for reparations, whether through cash or debt relief, we have been down this track before. Twenty-five years ago, Jubilee 2000, Drop the Debt and Make Poverty History argued that cancelling the debts of poorer countries would give them a fresh start. More than $100 billion of debt was eventually written off, but many of those countries have since built up even bigger debts. Labour are already spending too much on Britain's welfare state, now is not the time for Andy Burnham to be providing global welfare.
There is no reason British taxpayers today should be held financially responsible for things that happened generations before any of us were born. And I have even less patience for political elites in commonwealth countries who don’t know how to make their own citizens prosperous now looking for another opportunity to blame Britain.
As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham should be Britain’s greatest defender. Instead, he is writing articles saying we need to confront our history (as if we haven't done enough of that) and considering another formal historical apology. Tony Blair already expressed Britain’s deep sorrow and regret for our role in the slave trade nearly twenty years ago. There is no need to do so again.
This is all another navel-gazing distraction. The Commonwealth should be looking forward, not endlessly backwards. That means economic partnerships to make us all richer and deeper military and security cooperation against common threats. If every Commonwealth summit becomes an exercise in presenting Britain with demands for cash then we need to start asking if it is worth the effort.
SimmyMc retweeted
Kemi @KemiBadenoch puts this perfectly.
Britain played a leading role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
£100bn+ of debts have been written off.
The UK apologised.
This happened a long time ago.
It’s time to look forward not back.
No more reparations or apologies.
Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated. We should be honest about the whole history, not select the parts that are politically convenient today, especially given Britain's leading role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
If Caribbean countries are asking Britain for a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, will they also be asking the same of the descendants of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured, sold and profited from the trade?
On demands for reparations, whether through cash or debt relief, we have been down this track before. Twenty-five years ago, Jubilee 2000, Drop the Debt and Make Poverty History argued that cancelling the debts of poorer countries would give them a fresh start. More than $100 billion of debt was eventually written off, but many of those countries have since built up even bigger debts. Labour are already spending too much on Britain's welfare state, now is not the time for Andy Burnham to be providing global welfare.
There is no reason British taxpayers today should be held financially responsible for things that happened generations before any of us were born. And I have even less patience for political elites in commonwealth countries who don’t know how to make their own citizens prosperous now looking for another opportunity to blame Britain.
As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham should be Britain’s greatest defender. Instead, he is writing articles saying we need to confront our history (as if we haven't done enough of that) and considering another formal historical apology. Tony Blair already expressed Britain’s deep sorrow and regret for our role in the slave trade nearly twenty years ago. There is no need to do so again.
This is all another navel-gazing distraction. The Commonwealth should be looking forward, not endlessly backwards. That means economic partnerships to make us all richer and deeper military and security cooperation against common threats. If every Commonwealth summit becomes an exercise in presenting Britain with demands for cash then we need to start asking if it is worth the effort.
SimmyMc retweeted
Slavery was a great evil, practiced in almost every culture at some point in history.
Britain did more than any other country to bring the international slave trade to an end.
Our Prime Minister should be proud of that history, not caving to those who wish to rewrite it.
Burnham 'open' to calls for slavery apology but not reparations bbc.in/3W3enJP
SimmyMc retweeted
🇵🇱 A HUGE message from Poland to the entire world:
MP @paweljablonski_ (@RozwojPlus) has a message for the entire world, which is currently following the dramatic events surrounding a coup d'état in Poland:
"Dear friends, watch our country. We have great tradition, we are faithful to our families, to our values, to our faith, but there are people that want to take it away from us - there is a government, that is planning to illegally take over the Constitutional Court.
We are defending freedom. What is happening in Poland tonight, may soon be happening also in other countries - this left-wing liberal globalists, they want to do it the same in France in Italy, in USA, in the UK in Germany - all across the world, so please, remain with us, stay with us.
We will prevail."
SimmyMc retweeted
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Polish Member of European Parliament Dominik Tarczyński just went HAYWIRE on national TV after globalists tried a coup against President Nawrocki in Poland, telling Americans IT CAN HAPPEN HERE TOO if we let the left take power
"Look what happened in Poland last night! Globalists attempted a COUP on the Constitutional Court. This is what is happening in 2026!"
"They cannot win with us, so they want to FORCEFULLY take over the Constitutional Tribunal and make sure that when they're going to lose next year, they're going to be protected."
"What they try to do with the Supreme Court in America, the same thing. You see, there is a BIG difference between us, Republicans, conservatives, and the left, the communists!"
"If they cannot win, they are using FORCE, and this is war. We have to protect ourselves and the next generation!" 🇺🇸🇵🇱
Police were inside Poland's Constitutional Tribunal while the Tribunal's own Vice President was locked out
Nawrocki called it a "forcible takeover" and an emergency, and summoned every party in parliament to the Palace!
And he PERSONALLY showed up.
Democrats here have spent years pushing to PACK the Supreme Court the moment it stopped ruling their way. Same playbook
Poland is fighting back and America must as well!
SimmyMc retweeted
🚨 JUST IN: Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński STARES into the camera to drop this message for any American considering voting Democrat in 2026
"Socialism is DEATH, slavery and lack of any freedoms. PLEASE don't do it — don't go through 70 years of occupation like Poland did."
"You know what socialism is? Everyone is equal...Equally HUNGRY. And that's what we went through. Please, don't do it. Do not vote socialist for your next generations for your children and grandchildren!"
@D_Tarczynski 💯💯
Poles LIVED THIS: ration cards, empty shelves, lack of food and martial law by the commies
Now Democrats are running open socialists like Mamdani and ABDUL EL SAYED
Listen to the people who actually survived it! 🇺🇸🇵🇱
Everyone who fled communism does NOT want to go back. Americans must vote Republican.
SimmyMc retweeted
🚨 POWERFUL!! A Polish member of the European Parliament whose grandfather FOUGHT communism and whose father helped FOUND Solidarity just begged Americans on Fox.
"Socialism is death, slavery, lack of any freedoms. Please don't do it."
Poland lived through decades of it. "Everyone is equal, equally hungry."
He also quoted Pope John Paul II: "Freedom is not given once and for all."
Three generations of his family fought for freedom.
Listen to the people who lived it!
SimmyMc retweeted
🚨BREAKING: Dominik Tarczyński says GLOBALISTS are behind the coup in Poland
They hate Poland because it is thriving while opposing their agenda. 🇵🇱
SimmyMc retweeted
🚨BREAKING: Every single Lechia Gdańsk football fan was chanting in support of President Karol Nawrocki this afternoon
He has the FULL BACKING of Poland!
SimmyMc retweeted
Kemi showing Prime Ministerial leadership and common sense - in direct contrast to Burnham’s failure to do so👇
Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated. We should be honest about the whole history, not select the parts that are politically convenient today, especially given Britain's leading role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
If Caribbean countries are asking Britain for a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, will they also be asking the same of the descendants of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured, sold and profited from the trade?
On demands for reparations, whether through cash or debt relief, we have been down this track before. Twenty-five years ago, Jubilee 2000, Drop the Debt and Make Poverty History argued that cancelling the debts of poorer countries would give them a fresh start. More than $100 billion of debt was eventually written off, but many of those countries have since built up even bigger debts. Labour are already spending too much on Britain's welfare state, now is not the time for Andy Burnham to be providing global welfare.
There is no reason British taxpayers today should be held financially responsible for things that happened generations before any of us were born. And I have even less patience for political elites in commonwealth countries who don’t know how to make their own citizens prosperous now looking for another opportunity to blame Britain.
As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham should be Britain’s greatest defender. Instead, he is writing articles saying we need to confront our history (as if we haven't done enough of that) and considering another formal historical apology. Tony Blair already expressed Britain’s deep sorrow and regret for our role in the slave trade nearly twenty years ago. There is no need to do so again.
This is all another navel-gazing distraction. The Commonwealth should be looking forward, not endlessly backwards. That means economic partnerships to make us all richer and deeper military and security cooperation against common threats. If every Commonwealth summit becomes an exercise in presenting Britain with demands for cash then we need to start asking if it is worth the effort.
SimmyMc retweeted
Kemi Badenoch has said Andy Burnham’s consideration of a formal apology for Britain’s role in the slave trade is a “navel-gazing distraction”.
lbc.co.uk/article/badenoch-s…
SimmyMc retweeted
🚨Breaking🚨
Last year, the NHS spent £6.5m on over 1,000 double mastectomies for women identifying as men.
British taxpayers are funding the mutilation of healthy body parts belonging to mentally-ill women.
These procedures must be eradicated.
SimmyMc retweeted
“This is all another navel-gazing distraction. The Commonwealth should be looking forward, not endlessly backwards. That means economic partnerships to make us all richer and deeper military and security cooperation against common threats.”
Well said Kemi
Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated. We should be honest about the whole history, not select the parts that are politically convenient today, especially given Britain's leading role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
If Caribbean countries are asking Britain for a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, will they also be asking the same of the descendants of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured, sold and profited from the trade?
On demands for reparations, whether through cash or debt relief, we have been down this track before. Twenty-five years ago, Jubilee 2000, Drop the Debt and Make Poverty History argued that cancelling the debts of poorer countries would give them a fresh start. More than $100 billion of debt was eventually written off, but many of those countries have since built up even bigger debts. Labour are already spending too much on Britain's welfare state, now is not the time for Andy Burnham to be providing global welfare.
There is no reason British taxpayers today should be held financially responsible for things that happened generations before any of us were born. And I have even less patience for political elites in commonwealth countries who don’t know how to make their own citizens prosperous now looking for another opportunity to blame Britain.
As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham should be Britain’s greatest defender. Instead, he is writing articles saying we need to confront our history (as if we haven't done enough of that) and considering another formal historical apology. Tony Blair already expressed Britain’s deep sorrow and regret for our role in the slave trade nearly twenty years ago. There is no need to do so again.
This is all another navel-gazing distraction. The Commonwealth should be looking forward, not endlessly backwards. That means economic partnerships to make us all richer and deeper military and security cooperation against common threats. If every Commonwealth summit becomes an exercise in presenting Britain with demands for cash then we need to start asking if it is worth the effort.