Interesting (?) Political stuff...

[The Dolphin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1894098446216212830

He is an idiot if he has asked for this to be done.
History is important and should be left for all to see.
Churchill was a great man whose leadership has sadly allowed this rabble to be in power and do what they are doing.
This lot really scare me.
They planned a cleansing of everyone they don't like - including millions of us - and it is all working very well so far.
By the time I hit 70 years old this Country could be ruined - much more than it is now!
Agents Starmer, Khan, Rayner, Reeves and others are seriously flawed people with Communist tendencies.
It makes one shiver a little.

 

[Stirlingsays]

He is an idiot if he has asked for this to be done.
History is important and should be left for all to see.
Churchill was a great man whose leadership has sadly allowed this rabble to be in power and do what they are doing.
This lot really scare me.
They planned a cleansing of everyone they don't like - including millions of us - and it is all working very well so far.
By the time I hit 70 years old this Country could be ruined - much more than it is now!
Agents Starmer, Khan, Rayner, Reeves and others are seriously flawed people with Communist tendencies.
It makes one shiver a little.

I would agree with you that the left's view of Churchill is essentially neo communism and thus (somewhat ironically) anti white because of their view of history and power structures....which they have largely inverted against the English/British.....all mostly allowed to happen by careerists and cowards in the Conservative party.

However, while I believe Churchill would be against much of modern Britain and what's happened to us, I also have come to accept that a lot of it what we have now is down to WW1 & WW2 and the opening of the door to run away social liberalism once his and the war generations died off.....there was no firewall.

 

[Stirlingsays]

As Starmer enters the White House for his talk with Trump even the BBC are writing about how this isn't an even power dynamic and that Britain have few cards to play.

They talk about how the Britain of the past exerted more influence over the White House.....yeah guess what that was when we had a ruling British class that wasn't continually slagging them off.

I've made this point many times now but I rarely tire as it p1sses me off so much.

What they won't write about of course is how it's people like them who are responsible for taking a British Empire that could actually have a big say in the world and reducing it down to nothing more than a non descript player in Europe.

They moved heaven and earth to strip us of power and then whine about how little we can effect things when it's important.....while ineffectively slagging off those who actually make the decisions.

 

[DanH]

As Starmer enters the White House for his talk with Trump even the BBC are writing about how this isn't an even power dynamic and that Britain have few cards to play.

They talk about how the Britain of the past exerted more influence over the White House.....yeah guess what that was when we had a ruling British class that wasn't continually slagging them off.

I've made this point many times now but I rarely tire as it p1sses me off so much.

What they won't write about of course is how it's people like them who are responsible for taking a British Empire that could actually have a big say in the world and reducing it down to nothing more than a non descript player in Europe.

They moved heaven and earth to strip us of power and then whine about how little we can effect things when it's important.....while ineffectively slagging off those who actually make the decisions.

So which countries would you have denied independence to?

 

[Stirlingsays]

So which countries would you have denied independence to?

While that's a good and reasonable question....it's a bit off of what my thrust was.

 

[DanH]

While that's a good and reasonable question....it's a bit off of what my thrust was.

Was it? So you weren’t lamenting the fact that we no longer have an empire?

 

[Badger11]

While that's a good and reasonable question....it's a bit off of what my thrust was.

I don't have a problem with Britain no longer being a great power. The problem is that our politicians still think we are and want a chair at the big table.

I would be quite happy if we were like Switzerland, Spain or Norway. We need to stop sticking our noses into other people's business.

By all means spend more on defence, we can use the troops to protect our borders. It annoys me that the EU still expects us to defend them when they wont even pony up for their own defence. We need to do a Trump and tell them it's their problem.

 

[Stirlingsays]

Was it? So you weren’t lamenting the fact that we no longer have an empire?

It's not so much about the Empire Dan, it's about the influence that comes from maintaining a power structure.

What I will say before I have to pop out is that if you look at the American empire of today.....it doesn't operate by invasion and conquest.....if it does invade it leaves relatively quickly....Afghanistan and Iraq proving what a mistake it is to attempt to Empire build....especially with cultures that aren't similar.

Like the British learnt in India, you don't rule for long if you only use subjugation, you rule by moderated cultural influence backed up by economic dependence of those client states.

That's the model the United States learnt from the British Empire and while later generations have somewhat been ignorant of those lessons the structural system is hard wired in place even now.......Which is why Trump is such a shock to the system and that client states in Europe are pretty powerless.

 

[Badger11]

What I will say before I have to pop out is that if you look at the American empire of today.....it doesn't operate by invasion and conquest.....if it does invade it leaves relatively quickly....Afghanistan and Iraq proving what a mistake that is.

Like the British learnt in India, you don't rule for long if you only use subjugation, you rule by cultural influence backed up by economic dependence of those client states.

That's the model the United States learnt from the British Empire and while later generations have somewhat been ignorant of those lessons the structural system is hard wired in place even now.......Which is why Trump is such a shock to the system and that client states in Europe are pretty powerless.

China is the role model although I don't like the regime. I was in Laos and the locals dislike the Chinese who effectively tell the Lao government what to do as they are in hock to them with loans. China does the same thing all over Asia and Africa but their aid comes at a high price. It's why Trump is moaning about the Panama Canal he is genuinely worried about Chinese influence.

Why invade a country when you can control it at arm's length. If we are going to give foreign aid what's in it for us?

 

[Stirlingsays]

I don't have a problem with Britain no longer being a great power. The problem is that our politicians still think we are and want a chair at the big table.

I would be quite happy if we were like Switzerland, Spain or Norway. We need to stop sticking our noses into other people's business.

By all means spend more on defence, we can use the troops to protect our borders. It annoys me that the EU still expects us to defend them when they wont even pony up for their own defence. We need to do a Trump and tell them it's their problem.

I somewhat agree that our Empire would have reduced in the modern age (as will happen with the US)......However, in truth what happened was WW2 destroyed us as an Empire power and we went into quick managed decline....which hasn't stopped since.

The drop has been giddying for those who actually know the history.

In the ultimate analysis if you give up power you give up control of your destiny.....and losing control of our destiny has been the legacy of British neo/social liberalism.

 

[ASCPFC]

China is the role model although I don't like the regime. I was in Laos and the locals dislike the Chinese who effectively tell the Lao government what to do as they are in hock to them with loans. China does the same thing all over Asia and Africa but their aid comes at a high price. It's why Trump is moaning about the Panama Canal he is genuinely worried about Chinese influence.

Why invade a country when you can control it at arm's length. If we are going to give foreign aid what's in it for us?

I thought a lot of it is backhanders for trade.