As Wednesday`s Star editorial
stated, the referendum result came about because of working class communities
expressing "their feelings about the Establishment in a roar of anger at the
polling booth" (Morning Star,29/06/16). Blaming Corbyn is simply another example
of Tories and Blairites passing the buck, especially when they did so little to
emphasise the economic benefits brought to this country by immigrants.
They also failed to counter many
ridiculous claims made by the Brexiteers about Britain`s great heritage and
history, with the reason for voting to leave the EU given by many as a method
for putting the "Great" back in Britain. When so many of us criticised Gove six
years ago for insisting on more British history being taught in British schools,
little did we realise how important, and
how soon, nationalist history would become to so many of the British people. So
much of this mythology is swallowed; let`s get some things
straight.
There is nothing unique
about "Britishness", given the number of Europeans who have settled here, from
Romans to Romanians, not to mention German royalty.
Wars have never been
won without the aid of allies. Yes, the country bravely stood firm in 1940, but
it was never "alone".
Our Industrial Revolution cannot be
described as "great", financed as it was by our slave trade and the looting of
colonies, and accompanied by the barbaric treatment of workers, including women
and children.
Even the truth about our
so-called "greatest" Briton, is rarely revealed; no surprise that Johnson`s
latest "history" book was a biased biography of Churchill.
The only people who think a
"special relationship" exists between Britain and the States are the British;
the Americans never mention it.
No
explanation is needed to explain the existence of a secret archive containing
1.2 million files, going back to the end of the Crimean War, hidden from the
prying eyes of historians, who might want British history
re-written.
Brexit can be regarded as just desserts for the
continued manipulation of history!
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