Great Britain: The Sole Originator of The World’s Problems

Slavery, genocide, concentration camps, apartheid, artificial nation states, endless wars and tax havens. Everywhere you look in the world today, there isn’t a region untouched by Britain’s presence. This article will explain why.

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The title of this article is inspired by the words of the former British Foreign secretary — Jack Straw — in 2002, when in the run up to the Iraq war, He opined that Britain was to blame for a great number of problems in the world. I remember so vividly, that the outrage that ensued from his statement was extraordinary: The comments in the Times newspaper pages, were quite scintillating in the sense that it ranged from polite disagreement to the outright racist.

And yet, Mr. Straw spoke a very harsh truth, that needed to be told; for there isn’t a region in this God given planet, in which malign British influence, hasn’t been felt. This short essay will explore the history of Britain in the Middle east, North and South America, Asia and Africa and the ways in which, we are still grappling with the mess today.

Concentration Camps

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