Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "History Debunked" channel.

  1. I believe that Shaka was actually born in Barnsley.
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  2. As politicians of all parties, the legal system, and government, tend to unite in their conviction that the white working class are a nuisance and an inconvenience, it is entirely understandable that as little money as possible should be wasted on this underclass.
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  3.  @trevormcdonald385  You might wish to consult the people of Nanking on that point. Then you might explain what Australia, New Zealand, and North America, among others, would have been like today if Europeans had not arrived.
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  4.  @walter77ify  Precisely. The idea that the British invaded and conquered is a false, invented, one. The fact is that the various Indian aristocracies welcomed the British, and were happy to continue enjoying their comfort and wealth, administering the various principalities on their behalf, as should be obvious even to the most blinkered by the tiny number of British Civil Servants who were actually based in India. The average Indian was neither oppressed nor subjugated, except by his/her own rulers. Most probably never even saw a European, and the end of inter-state warring must have come as something of a relief.
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  5. Odd, when I read the attachment, after first listening to the story, everything I had assumed about this heroic virtue-signaller was confirmed by the article and her photograph.
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  6.  @ravensthatflywiththenightm7319  ' Hollywood Celebridees sir. Thousands of 'em!
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  7. Malorie Blackman is an author of children's books. Why should her opinion on subjects far outside her field even be taken seriously? Would anyone give any credence to Enid Blyton's views about nuclear fission?
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  8.  @TheVideoLounge  Ah, but African cars were anti-gravity vehicles, with no need for rubber tyres.
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  9. This is a much overdue improvement! Barely a day goes by when I have not urgently needed to consult a Performing Arts graduate for guidance and advice. Quickly Watson. The needle!
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  10. I doubt Britain could survive were we to lose this beloved Political Titan. Oh, sorry. Haven't taken my medication today.
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  11.  @yolandabrinkman2653  The British representative was the captain of HMS Ark Royal, Captain Holland. Somerville sent him because he spoke fluent French, having been at the British Embassy in Paris, and he was known to be a Francophile, who knew several of the senior Admirals in the French Navy, though not Admiral Gensoul. Obviously, Somerville needed to remain aboard his flagship in order to maintain contact with the Admiralty, but Gensoul does seem to have been peeved that an officer of a rank equal to his had not been sent to negotiate with him. As a result, he failed to send the full details of the British ultimatum to his own government.
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  12. If you are one of the NHS's vast number of senior executives on £200k a year, the winters don't seem that bad at all in your nice office well away from any ward. There is a desperate need for a new Beveridge Report, so that the bloated NHS management can be forced, to coin a phrase, 'Back to Basics.'
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  13.  @smogthehorse9409  I believe that he has a BA in History, but his main qualification is in something called Broadcast Journalism. That, frankly, does not a History Professor make.
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  14. In essence, from the late 1960s at least, politics ceased to involve principles, where individuals with widely differing opinions based on their different experiences of life could argue their cases against a background of mutual respect, and evolved into a profitable career which could be exploited by those with little or no such experience. Basically, get a degree, become a researcher for an existing MP, then get parachuted into a safe seat. Ingratiate yourself with those already in authority, and before you know it you are a minister. As most of this breed of MP had little or no understanding of the real world beyond the occasional undergraduate debate, they had no concept of the idea that opinions other than their own might just possibly be valid. Hence, the politics of enmity that has arisen. Add to that, the fact that modern politics has become a nice little earner, with numerous extra sources of income, and it is understandable that these now well heeled individuals will put self interest before national interest' I believe that either Plato or Aristotle argued that anyone who sought public office should be excluded from it for that very reason. It seems he was right.
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  15. I always understood that in English Law there could only be two pleas, Guilty or Not Guilty. When was the third one, of 'I'm a nutcase, I am,' introduced?
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  16. The CEOs and the myriad numbers of admin & 'diversity' managers, who seem now greatly to outnumber the medical personnel, don't think it has declined at all.
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  17. I wonder if the reality is that the Dear Leader is unable to come to terms with the differences between being Leader of the Opposition and being Prime Minister? He has always, in Opposition, been able to say more or less anything he liked, as no one paid much attention, much like dear Angela, with her chants of 'Tory scum' etc. (whatever happened to Angela, by the way?) Now he is realising that, as Prime Minister, his words and actions have consequences, and he seems not to like the idea much. Perhaps the quality of people around him, such as Reeves, Rayner, Cooper, Lammy, and Miliband, are not much comfort, either?
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  18. True. How many people of today know that William the Conqueror was born in Nairobi?
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  19. In my gloomier moments, which seem to be increasing on almost a daily basis, I envisage the population 100 years hence, celebrating the heroes who stormed the beaches of the south coast of England in the early 21st Century, in grand ceremonies in the National Mosques.
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  20. Be fair. As she has pointed out, 83% of people agree with her, and only 67% do not.
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  21.  @monikaengelsfeld686  Deeply traumatised!!
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  22.  @fredmercury1314  Which, by the way, was 500,000 down on the number which voted for Labour in Corbyn's catastrophic campaign.
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  23. The CEOS of the various Trusts aren't experiencing any state of crisis. Nor are the vast number of Diversity Managers.
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  24.  Colm Keegan  Indeed. Many of the problems currently facing us may trace their origins back to the 'competent' Sir Tony.
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  25.  @oldboygeorge7688  Not necessarily. I have encountered a number of academics who are brilliant in their chosen field. I have also encountered many who are total charlatans. I regret that, having read one or two of Mr. Olusoga's books, he seems to prefer propaganda to research.
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  26. It isn't slavery in general that concerns these people. They are quite content with modern slavery as it gives them their cheap clothes, trainers, and their smartphones. It seems to be that they wish to believe that the English/British invented it, and were the only ones involved in it.
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  27. I assume you have never heard of the Ottoman Empire? Compared to that organisation, the worst European 'atrocities' were simply those of talented amateurs.
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  28. You are being unfair about the Dear Leader. Hasn't he already said that he & his Ministers will no longer accept clothes from supporters. It seems that, from now on, all backhanders for favours must be strictly cash ones.
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  29. Perhaps he envisages his own personal version of Hitler's Sturm Abteilung? A paramilitary force intended to suppress any opposition, and to keep the peasantry in their place?
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  30. In one sentence - Because the Dear Leader thinks that they will vote Labour.
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  31. The British Secretary of State for Air at the time, Sir Kingsley Wood, when it was suggested to him that the Black Forest should be bombed, replied '"Are you aware it is private property?... Why, you will be asking me bomb Essen next!"
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  32.  @gipgap4  The West Africa Squadron of the Royal Navy intercepted slave ships between 1808 & 1867.
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  33. Arr. 'Tis the Black Spot, Jim Lad!! There you are. Blatant RAYCISM!!!
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  34.  @vincentl.9469  I am waiting for a Panorama programme detailing the brutal exploitation of Albania by the vile imperialist British during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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  35. I understand that Border Force had expressed 'profound disappointment' at this number. They were hoping for 1,000 per day.
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  36.  @possumyx  What a shame. Had it not been for certain revelations, it could have been Paula Vennells.
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  37. She has no problem at all, so long as they don't find accommodation near HER home.
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  38. I fear that you mean 'Ministry of Propaganda.'
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  39. I suspect that enthusiastically trying to get herself arrested at every opportunity, and desperately trying to look fourteen when she is actually twenty, represent her attempts to convince herself that she is still relevant.
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  40. More seriously, my wife was looking through a toy box from her youth, and found a certain brooch made by Robinsons. She showed it to me, and I immediately reported her to the Police, who came round in eight vans within ten minutes, tasered her and took her away. Her case, of extreme right wing racism, is due to be heard next week, and she has been told to expect a custodial sentence of at least ten years. I mentioned to the senior Police officer that this was unfair as it meant that I would now need to make my own meals, and I too have now been arrested by the local Misogyny Squad. Those tasers don't half sting.
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  41.  @TBarton7849  You have an MA, but you can't spell 'Whiteness?'
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  42. It never ended. Modern slaves work in sweat shops and mines, as well as building football stadia. Their efforts produce the cheap clothes and the smartphones which those who condemn the slavery which ended 200 years ago so cherish and desire.
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  43.  @stephenwride5695  John Betjeman wrote a short poem, in 1937 :- 'Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now.'
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  44.  @karobimukherjee2029  How did a few traders manage to exert control over a country the size of India? Basically, because the rulers of the various princely states allowed them to in order to maintain their wealthy and privileged positions, and brought an end to incessant internal wars. At the beginning of the Raj, in the late 1860s, some 169 million Indians were governed by around 20,000 British administrators. By the time of independence in 1948, the population had risen to 358 million, apparently, as a result of falling mortality rates, due to improvements in health, sanitation and infrastructure. I wonder who brought that about? Read a little about the reality of the British presence in India instead of blindly believing propaganda.
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  45.  @clemobenoit719  As someone who took a relative to Preston hospital regularly, I agree with you totally. Still, someone needs to pay the healthy bonuses to their non-medical parasites.
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  46.  @CommissarBarton.  I do apologise. I didn't realise that some people on here have no sense of humour. You have my sympathy.
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  47. I would have a number of doubts about accepting the words of Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, and David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, on this issue. Personally, I prefer the opinions of credible academics, not of people with extremist axes to grind.
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  48.  @robinmorritt7493  My father had much the same ideas after WW2. He did attend the reunions of his old Regiment, but that was simply to meet up with old mates. As in many things, our David hasn't much of a clue, but he does have a definite agenda.
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  49. Perhaps 'a common culture' might have been more apposite, but the point is still valid.
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  50. As best I can ascertain, Mr. Olusoga is similar in many respects to Mr. Rafiq of cricket fame, in that he tends not to produce any credible evidence to substantiate his claims, but he has a certain advantage which mean that he not be challenged, and nor may his views be disputed. Actually, however, I suggest that Mr. Olusoga is neither incompetent nor dishonest, in that he is not an actual historian, but simply a propagandist with a particular story to promote. Moreover, as the darling of the BBC, he knows which side his bread is buttered. I wonder if he ever revised his opinion of 'Beachy Head Woman' after the revelations of the Crick Institute? Or has he, like Mary Beard, simply chosen to remain silent on the matter?
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