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

  1.  @evaflowervines9520  Because anyone who doesn't obey the agenda is promptly cancelled. Real academics such as David Starkey and others have suffered in this manner.
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  2. The Theory of Relativity could be credited to a man of Sub-Sarahan African origin, if it can be suggested that Einstein bought a notebook from a shop where one might possibly have worked. Come on, Doctor Olusoga. Time for a BBC documentary?
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  3.  @HaleyChain-vw8rr  Alas, as Mark Twain, the famous Black writer, once said, 'Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt.' Sadly, no-one mentioned this to you.
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  4. I believe that the Empress Valeria Messalina is alleged to have done something similar, and it didn't end well for her.
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  5. Wouild you have suggested that the government of the day should have made no attempt to deter German bombing?
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  6. I doubt that Trump will ever get over the trauma of reading your comment. I imagine that, even now, he has locked himself in a darkened room and is sobbing uncontrollably. Out of interest, do you actually know what a fascist really is?
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  7. @Racialist Slayer 'Foaming at the mouth and asking for her head is not the way.' When have I done either? I have simply pointed out that others have faced far worse sanctions for lesser offences. That is not 'subjective' as any reasonable person will tell you. What would have happened, I wonder, if someone appeared on TV and said 'slavery? Ended a long time ago. Stop worrying about it.' A two week suspension/holiday? I suspect not. I have nothing further to say to you, by the way. Do go away and flaunt your double standards elsewhere.
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  8. I believe that Kim Jong Un is one of his pen pals.
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  9.  @Odysseuss.  Don't you mean 'Dame Jacinda?' Further proof of the debased nature of the British Honours system, at least at the highest levels.
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  10.  @jiggsborah7041  Put simply, because the Anglo-French treaty with Poland provided than they would declare war in the event of an invasion by Germany, but gave no similar undertaking in the event of a similar action by the Soviet Union.
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  11. Indeed. I realised years ago that, were I to be involved in a court case, I was not wealthy enough ever to qualify for legal aid.
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  12. Not for long. Surely, if Michael Holding can write a history book, then David Starkey can open the bowling in the forthcoming Ashes test series.
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  13.  @sylviadrummond7293  Apparently a possible replacement for Rachel Reeves?
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  14.  @ma55382uk  Really? Please name any assault landings by the British as they 'invaded' these places.
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  15. A mate of mine used to watch the BBC 'Father Brown' series. He tells me that, when a middle-aged, middle class, white man turns up, you know immediately 'who dun it.'
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  16. Isn't this not the first time that a member of a Labour Government has taken the approach that 'This is a good day to bury bad news?'
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  17. Unfortunately, even if there were only four surviving Tory MPs, they would still split into two factions and squabble with each other.
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  18.  @stp4281  There was a 1974 movie on yesterday. 'Murder on the Orient Express.' One character, played by Rachel Roberts, was a dead ringer for Eddie Izzard, or should that be the other way round?
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  19.  @mannylikestoanimate  Really? Five English regions (four from the South plus the West Midlands) failed to build enough homes to meet their housing need in 2023, when measured against the Standard Method (SM). London was again furthest short, building only 40% of what is needed.
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  20.  @barrygreen9341  Anyone with an assault rifle and body armour tends to look menacing.
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  21. After a rough couple of weeks, at last some good news for the Dear Leader to hear about.
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  22.  @evolassunglasses4673  Don't you understand that the alliance with Poland was never intended to save Poland? Poland was incidental. The British & French were attempting to avoid a general European war, and trying to draw a line in the sand. The hope was that the threat of an Anglo-French declaration of war would deter Hitler from further expansion. Of course, it failed, but the allies lacked clairvoyance.
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  23.  @trevorhoward2254  indeed they have. I even e-mailed the local council to ask their opinion of the DNA results. They don't apparently, intend to seek to have the plaque removed. Read all about it in 'Black and British: a Forgotten History,' David Olugosa's magnum opus on the subject, and an entertaining alternative to proper academic history.
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  24.  @oldboygeorge7688  Was Mr. Olusoga referred to as not British? Moreover, his antecedents are irrelevant, but his flimsy, or absent, research, surely isn't. There are many credible historians of African or Asian origin in the UK, but they have nothing like the profile of this BBC pet.
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  25.  @stephfoxwell4620  Indeed, he was born in Lagos. Personally, I don't care where an historian comes from, only that his history is honest, and his arguments are based on documented facts. I become concerned when a blatant propagandist falsely pretends to be an academic historian. Similar things happened in Germany after 1933. Mr. Olusoga is merely cynically following a well trodden and profitable path.
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  26. But also worth noting that the mob behind him cheered and applauded the comments.
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  27. 'White Vans?' Lady Nugee, aka Emily Thornberry, a noble, well heeled, socialist, has already told us what she thinks about such people from the lower orders.
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  28. Isn't that what he is actually doing?
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  29. Because the assisted passages were paid for by the governments of those Dominions. The British government was hardly likely to prevent people from accepting these offers. After all, hadn't Britain just fought a war in defence of freedom?
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  30. To be fair, wasn't that Winnie Mandela?
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  31.  @Trumpthegreatest  Using statistics to make assumptions is simply not valid. An early example of this. When the British army introduced the Brodie helmet from September, 1915, statistically the number of soldiers with head wounds increased. Concern was expressed about the usefulness of the new helmet, until it was realised that the reason for the increase was a simple one. The soldiers, had they not been wearing the Brodie helmet, would have been dead,
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  32. Not at all. They behave exactly as people assume that they will.
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  33. What? Arthur wasn't born in Nairobi? Please don't say that, as it might upset the BBC's historian of choice.
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  34. There have always been interfering busybodies like this around. The mystery these days is that, at the first sign of complaint, people who should know better fall over backwards to accommodate them.
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  35. Perhaps you should replace 'is' with 'used to be?'
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  36.  @Gobadán-s7w  Certainly it would be merely symbolic, but the nauseating manner with which these creatures, every year, line up and say that 'we really don't want to accept this rise in our pay, but the figure is determined by an independent panel, and it would be inappropriate not to accept it' is rather annoying. Especially when they say it without the slightest trace of a smirk, of course.
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  37. Don't try it, or someone will knock on your door and demand to 'check your thinking.'
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  38.  @maccagrabme  Possibly you were at school/college/university in the days when education had not yet been superceded by indoctrination. When you are told from an early age what you are allowed to think, the idea of having a different opinion saimply does not occur to you.
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  39.  @Moonuuu  Are you living in the world of 200 years ago?
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  40.  @Johnarry  As every CEO at every NHS Trust seems to say about events more than once during a very lucrative career, 'This is a tragedy lessons have been learned look how big my performance-related bonus was this year.'
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  41.  @4legsgood  Really? Expound your thesis in rather more detail. As I asked, which wars did Churchill monger? Then explain what you actually think Gallipoli was all about, and why Churchill was to blame.
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  42.  @Pete-tq6in  Don't forget that Mary Seacole invented the entire modern hospital concept when single-handedly treating troops wounded during the Crimean War, apparently.
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  43. Actually, what the skin colour of Cheddar man was or was not is unknown. Scientific techniques are not yet advanced enough to determine such details as yet.
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  44.  @candy-le4nh  'How humiliating for you!' Upvoting your own comment is rather bad form, old chap. Not quite the done thing, don't ya know? Still, probably all that one should expect of so overt a troll. Goodbye.
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  45. 'Injuring the nation' is something governments of all coulours are extremely proficient at.
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  46.  @Harry-v6b7l  I suspect that you neos don't actually understand that 'legends' are not always good. But there again, I also suspect that you neos don't actually understand anything.
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  47. If David & Benji recommend it, it really must be first rate work!
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  48.  @fuzzylogic3017  Indeed. A slave was the property of his owner, and it was simply good practice for a business owner to keep his property in good condition. He had no such responsiblity for, or interest in, employees, who could be hired and fired at will, without compensation.
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  49.  @ratherlargehooter8200  Hitler rarely declared war on anyone. Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and even the Soviet Union being prime examples. They didn't declare war. What did it gain them? Usually, the first clue to German intentions was the arrival of tanks, troops and bombers, followed of course by einsatzgruppen. The Brirish & French signed a treaty with Poland in an attempt to prevent further German expansion and a general European war. They failed, but at least they tried.
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  50. Throwing around words like 'Fascist' or 'Racist' only demonstrate a desperate attempt to shut down debate.
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