Bravo, President Macron!

Bravo, President Macron (President Macron is right to break France`s silence over the Algerian war, 10/02/21)! Although ruling out an apology and reparations for fear of "stirring up patriotic controversy" prior to next year`s election, at least he has the courage to "kickstart the unpacking of the past". Of course, Starmer would be attacked mercilessly for lacking patriotism by the right-wing media if he suggested a "memories and truth" commission to review the years of British imperialism, but how else will the UK ever have an accurate history based on actual evidence? If France can open up its "closed archives", Britain can do so also, with over a million files locked away at Hanslope Park ready for historians` analysis. The problem is that the truths revealed would almost certainly prove the non-existence of British exceptionalism, the myth which explains, in part, not only Brexit and much of our society`s racism, but the popularity of a prime minister who revels in it!