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black lives matter
10 Jun 2020

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right. George Orwell, “1984”

10 Jun 2020

HBO has already removed the film Gone with the Wind from its streaming service, this is just like burning books because people don't like the content.

9 Jun 2020

I see the thuggery is spreading to Oxford later today with a planned protest at the Cecil Rhodes statue, I just hope the police actually make some effort this time to protect the monument.  Also, very disturbingly, Sadiq Khan is intending to set up the Orwellian "Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm" with the power to remove landmarks, and change road names if they do not fit the PC ...

6 Jun 2020

The scenes in London are utterly disgraceful, violent protestors rampaging through streets, and on today of all days Churchill's statue and the Cenotaph have been vandalised.  And there's another protest planned for outside the American Embassy tomorrow, it should be banned forthwith.

6 Jun 2020

The rules were written by and on the advice of the scientific and medical experts, how many more times does it have to be said before you understand that? And of course, we all know the real reason why there was a pile-on to get rid of Cummings.

6 Jun 2020

Cummings did not write the rules, the scientific and medical advisers did that, but using your reasoning if you do not personally make the rules you can ignore them?

6 Jun 2020

There seems to be double standards at play here... Labour MP Stephen Kinnock breaks lockdown rules to visit his father on his birthday (March 28th) Labour MP Tahir Ali attends funeral with scores of people in attendance (April 1st) Labour MP Rosie Duffield breaks lockdown rules to meet her married boyfriend (April)

6 Jun 2020

Looking at the scenes in central London it seems social distancing has been abandoned, you can do what the hell you like now, the authorities won't stop you.

4 Jun 2020

@Lynne Wiki is a public site which can be edited by all and sundry, I've read enough incorrect information on it over the years to know it can't be trusted.

4 Jun 2020

Quoting from Wiki is never a good idea, it's not a trustworthy information site.