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

  1. It isn't as if freedom of speech is acceptable any more, isn't it? I don't agree with some of his comments but, seemingly unlike you, I would never oppose his right to express them.
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  2.  @jbradshaw7  I expect he will be looking on the bright side, however. He will be claiming additional expenses because of the tedious need to work both Saturday & Sunday, and perhaps Lord Alli bought him a new suit or two so that he could pretend to look sincere.
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  3. Haven't seen it recently. Is the doctor still being played by Patrick Troughton?
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  4.  @Starsnbars.  What is particularly 'chosen' about someone whose ancestor, Major General John Lambert, was Cromwell's second-in-command at the Battle of Preston, and who defeated a Scottish army at the Battle of Inverkeithing? Good of you to say so, however. Perhaps you might say where and when Churchill made such a comment? Before you polish your collection of SS daggers, perhaps?
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  5.  @mbroitt  I had occasion to visit London for work around a year ago. It was an absolute madhouse, with the inmates, seemingly, running things. The train back north from Euston was a massive relief.
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  6.  @jimjones-bk2is  Oh, but some were.
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  7.  @kungfutzu3779  No army decided to 'fight a war on your doorstep', except the Japanese one, of course. Should you wish to know how the Japanese behaved towards the areas that occupied, I refer you to Nanking, from December, 1937, for further information.
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  8. Sorry I missed it, but I had been decorating and had some paint which I urgently needed to watch dry.
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  9.  @macclift9956  “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” George Orwell.
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  10. The great philosopher and historian of the Enlightenment, David Hume, wrote :- 'who first said such a thing, and how was he in a position to know?' It seems that the principle has been abandoned by certain modern historians, who seem to believe more in the principle that ' If no facts exist to support a favoured hypothesis, simply make some up.'
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  11. Only half? You should try adverts on British TV?!
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  12. Odd how Welby has remained uncharacteristically silent about these events, and about issues such as the Winter Fuel Payment, isn't it? Normally, he doesn't need any encouragement to pontificate on such matters.
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  13. I recall the incident. The panic on Brown's face was almost palpable.
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  14. Perhaps you are unaware of this, but the Island of Ireland had existed for quite some time prior to 1922.
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  15. Of course you can. You can indulge in all sorts of fantasies.
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  16. It doesn't matter. With the British system of elective dictatorship, even if 50 million signed it, it would be totally ifnored.
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  17. I look forward to David Olusoga's next series on BBC about Charles II's early years from his birth in Sub Saharan African, to his arrival in England aboad the Empire Windrush.
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  18.  @tappym9141  It is never desirable to waste time conversing with trolls. Especially, of course, trolls who are barely literate.
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  19. I'm simply not standing for this! Next you will be claiming that Nelson's Column was not named after Nelson Mandela!
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  20. Apparently, there were only two candidates for the post of Chancellor. Rachel from Accounts got the job when the other candidate, Diane Abbott, turned up a day late for the interview, wearing odd shoes.
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  21.  @stevenjones9639  I assume you don't know when Orwell was writing, or perhaps even who he was?
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  22.  @gijgij4541  Was the Police Federation report produced by 'silly little kids' or do you simply have a vested interest in denial?
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  23. 'Do nothing about it?' Quite the reverse. Slave ships from Europe had very small crews. The routine was that they arrived at an African location, and exchanged trade goods with the local African chiefs, who in return supplied their surplus population, or prisoners taken in inter-tribal battles. As an alternative, Arab slavers were also a useful supply source. The myth of hordes of heavily-armed Europeans rampaging across Africa kidnapping peaceful, freedom loving, Africans is simply nonsense. In short, Africans did nothing to prevent slavery because their leaders profited greatly from it. Please don't tell Mr. Olusoga, by the way!
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  24. But the Union leaders do very well out of them.
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  25.  @missasinenomine  No, sadly it isn't. 2010 was a long time ago. My last visit was in 2019, The 2021 Remembrance service held there, when a song by a rap group making derogatory remarks about Churchill after the silence, was the 'highlight' of the event, was symptomatic of the philosophy of the management.
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  26. My local bookshop has it readily available. You can buy one copy for £19.99 but, as a special offer, two for £45.00
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  27.  @mikebellis5713  Or because he allowed his personal prejudices to allow him to invent a few facts, and 'adjust' others?
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  28. You surely must have a degree of sympathy for Reeves. She looks to have aged ten years in the last sixth months. Perhaps realising that you are in a job utterly beyond your capabilities, yet seeing no clear way out of it, does that to a person.
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  29. Then at least Britain is still a World Leader in something!
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  30. A 'documentary' made by Steve McQueen? There might as well be a history of the Second World War produced by Josef Goebbels.
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  31.  @CharlesBabbageTheThird  Grossly unfair. As was explained in 'The Producers' 'he could paint an entire apartment in a week-end. Two coats!'
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  32.  @skylar7740  Look up 'Beachy Head Woman.' A skeleton found years ago and believed to have marked African features. Subsequently acclaimed by Mary Beard and David Olusoga as proof of an African presence in England as early as the 2nd/3rd century, and even suggested to have been a member of the entourage of the 'African' Emperor Septimius Severus. Improvements in DNA analysis resulted in the skeleton being examined by the Crick Institute, which determined that the woman actually came from that well known part of sub Saharan Africa, CYPRUS. As yet, I believe Mary & David have not commented. Odd, that.
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  33.  @stactionsmedia3318  I don't recall him saying 'Black Africans,' just 'Africans.' In fact, he refers to places like Tunis, Tripoli, & Algiers, as well as the Ottoman Empire. Aren't 'Tunis, Tripoli, & Algiers' in Africa? You might take the matter up with the alleged historian, David Olusoga, who is quick to claim that Septimius Severus, born in Leptis Magna, in modern day Libya, was the first African Roman Emperor, if you disagree. 'Even the Arabs that took slaves, had British shipmates that controlled the ship.' I assume you can refer to contemporary supporting evidence? You have, in fact, invented something about which to take offence. Oh, and his account of the events is quite correct. Such slaving expeditions did indeed take place. How does relating an account of known historical events amount to 'hate towards Africa?' Would, for example, an account of the Battle of Waterloo amount to 'hate towards France?'.
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  34. Why do you think? It is a deliberate policy, akin to the attacks on the reputations of people like Churchill, Nelson, Livingstone, etc., intended to cause the maximum offence to the bulk of the population. The Cenotaph, in particular, is an emotive site, and therefore considered fair game.
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  35.  @CigarettesAndAlcohol.  'I think that James Anderson will take over seven hundred Test wickets before he retires.' The Austrian Painter. You see, I can invent totally imaginary 'quotes' as well.
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  36. But isn't a great 'get out' for Rachel from Accounts? She now has a brilliant excuse for the failure of her budget.
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  37. But the Muslims invaded and conquered a part of the Byzantine Empire in the first place.
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  38.  @tappym9141  He is. He is probably well aware that obedience to the project is necessary, or the BBC will simply discard him.
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  39. Perhaps a return of the Window Tax?
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  40. You mean like the English Cricket Board investigated both sides of Rafiq's allegations about the 'racism' of certain cricketers, only international or former international ones, by the way, not low profile 2nd XI ones, of course? The rules state that claims made by individuals from certain communities may neither be challenged nor even checked for credibility. Are you not aware of that?
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  41.  @Cute_Maxi  I suspect that the concept of sarcasm might have escaped you?
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  42. It was also full of troops and factories, and was a route centre. Stailin had also requested the raids in order to assist the advance of the Soviet army.
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  43.  @jamesmorgan9474  Thanks. You learn something every day!
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  44.  @ontheslide2339  One of his ancestors three hundred years ago must surely have lived in the same town or city as someone who knew someone who had profited from slavery. Isn't that enough to generate condemnation today?
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  45.  @MavenWalsh  Whereever did you get the idea that Europeans sought to prove that they founded/ruled Ancient Eqypt? Actually, almost all current knowledge of the history of Egypt is based on European scholarship. Who, for example, decyphered hieroglyphics? Europeans ( Macedonians and then Romans) did, however, rule Egypt from the time of Alexander the Great.
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  46.  @mazambane286  They did nothing of the sort. The famous 'Ten Pound Pom' scheme was sponsored by the Australian government. New Zealand and Canada ran similar programmes.
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  47. There you are. Having such opinions got her on Radio 4. Having opinions which did not accord with the 'accepted' requirements might have got her cancelled, as they did David Starkey. Good career move!
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  48. Worryingly, the Dear Leader seems to agree with her.
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  49.  @robertlough1685  Have you considered that those who choose to insult others as a first response may not actually be intellectual giants themselves?
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  50. Indeed. Thank heavens for David Starkey. He reminds me of the tutors and lecturers during my time at University, who were real academics, not propagandists like Mr. Olusoga. Mr. Olusoga became Professor of Public History (whatever that might be) at my old University in 2019. At least this enabled me to stop making donations to the various appeals to alumni that I regularly received, in protest.
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