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Britain’s imperial past was a taboo subject when he was a child in Wolverhampton. @Sathnam  argues that if we are to tackle society’s inequalities, we need to understand the controversial legacy of the British Empire – and why it still matters

The sceptics witticism that the reason the sun never set on the British empire was that even god did not trust an Englishman in the dark may well merit recalling in the context of a post-Brexit Britain

History will look back on this week as really bad—like Benedict Arnold trying to surrender the fort to the British or Aaron Burr shooting Hamilton & trying to make himself king of a new western empire kind of bad. Don’t @ me that this was not real b/c not in the Hamilton musical

Makes sense. After World War 2, Canada learned how to define and handle its new role as a "middle power" (no longer a Dominion of the British Empire). Britain is now undergoing the same process as a post-imperial country with no EU role. A lot to learn from Trudeau.jr

Bridgewater's Ray Dalio to FT: China will rival Wall Street and London as the world’s financial center. "When you see the transition from one empire to another, from the Dutch to the British to the American, to me it just looks like that all over again."

Cruel Britannia: The British empire exposed in all its viciousness

It's a transition from one empire to another, just as we saw when the Dutch ceded to the British and then America took over.

For Filipino nurse Charito Romano, a recipient of the British Empire Medal, her triumph is not just for herself but for all Filipinos working hard all over the world.

From @MatthewGilbert  | The other British empire: ‘Masterpiece’ turns 50

Who Is Charito Romano? Filipina Nurse Receives British Empire Medal for Pandemic Response