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Outrage at BBC Horrible Histories Brexit show for 'trashing Britain' with song that says 'your British things are from abroad and most are stolen' on day UK left EU
UK Daily Mail ^ | February 1, 2020 | James Heale and Chris Hastings

Posted on 02/02/2020 4:37:18 AM PST by C19fan

The BBC has provoked outrage by screening an 'anti-British' children's programme on Brexit Day. Hosted by Left-wing comedian Nish Kumar, Horrible Histories Brexit suggested Britain had historically failed to produce anything of note, relying instead on imports. Amid a chorus of protest, even one of the BBC's broadcasters launched a stinging attack on the show. Leading political commentator Andrew Neil last night called it 'anti-British drivel of a high order' and asked: 'Was any of the licence fee used to produce something purely designed to demean us?' Kumar begins by introducing a series of CBBC 'comedy' clips. In one sequence, Queen Victoria is labelled 'foreign' and portrayed as a dullard who is shocked to discover that sugar, tea and cotton do not come from England.

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TOPICS: History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: brexit; left; uk
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Does Edmund Burke, the father of conservatism, count? He’s Irish but he pursued most of his political and academic career after moving to England.


21 posted on 02/02/2020 6:58:36 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: C19fan

Well done Nigel! Well done!

“Nigel Farage’s Mic Cut Off for Waving British Flag (Video)”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3812689/posts


22 posted on 02/02/2020 8:01:32 AM PST by 444Flyer (John 3 Revelation 20 Joshua 24:15 Pick a side..)
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To: Saoirise

PING


23 posted on 02/02/2020 8:01:52 AM PST by 444Flyer (John 3 Revelation 20 Joshua 24:15 Pick a side..)
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To: IncPen

BBC presenter Nish Kumar
Let me guess... native of Wales?


The fact that their accents are similar have fascinated linguists for many years.


24 posted on 02/02/2020 9:04:12 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: Da Coyote

“The BBC is the British CNN- albeit with folks who can actually speak the language.”

I don’t know about that... They have a weird accent.


25 posted on 02/02/2020 9:08:57 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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To: C19fan

The BBC should not be sold, it should merely be closed down and shut off.


26 posted on 02/02/2020 9:29:31 AM PST by Wuli
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To: IncPen

And what greatness hails from Nish Kumar’s ancestral home?


27 posted on 02/02/2020 9:37:29 AM PST by Made In The USA (Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
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To: IncPen

And what greatness hails from Nish Kumar’s ancestral home? And comparatively, how impactful to the world?


28 posted on 02/02/2020 9:38:40 AM PST by Made In The USA (Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
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To: C19fan

What has India given the world independent of British colonialism, other than wallowing in filth and half their population regarded as subhuman, Mr. Kumar?


29 posted on 02/02/2020 9:52:37 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: C19fan
"suggested Britain had historically failed to produce anything of note,"

Spitfire? Harrier?
30 posted on 02/02/2020 12:31:40 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: AndyJackson

I think you left out dentistry...or maybe not.


31 posted on 02/02/2020 12:38:17 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: clearcarbon
"suggested Britain had historically failed to produce anything of note,"

I beg to differ.

Churchill!

32 posted on 02/02/2020 12:56:22 PM PST by 444Flyer (John 3 Revelation 20 Joshua 24:15 Pick a side..)
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To: C19fan
Britain had historically failed to produce anything of note


33 posted on 02/02/2020 1:04:41 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
A English breakfast and English teas are good.

It is just they have no idea what to serve for dinner so stuff yourself at tea.

34 posted on 02/02/2020 1:07:53 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
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To: DoodleBob

35 posted on 02/02/2020 1:08:40 PM PST by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: Sirius Lee
And two out of the three are no longer with us....

Young Greg Lake had a matchless set of pipes.

36 posted on 02/02/2020 1:46:56 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: AndyJackson

Democracy was invented in Athens, c 600 BC, not in England.

Common Law is English yes - it arose as a way of merging the Saxon laws with the Norman laws. Note - Scotland is not purely common law - it has it’s own law, “Scots law” which is a blend of common law and civil law

And yes, it gave us the practical science and engineering setting the stage for the industrial revolution.

Saying it hasn’t produce anything of note is veering too much to one side and as hysterically false as the other side which over-glorifies England. There is a balance between the two that is accurate


37 posted on 02/03/2020 6:23:20 AM PST by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: Made In The USA

He’s from south London. I believe his parents are also born in the UK


38 posted on 02/03/2020 6:31:44 AM PST by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: RegulatorCountry

As I pointed out above, Nish is born in England.

As to what India has given the world - well of course the number 0 :) but besides that ploughs and domesticated jungle fowl (what we call chickens), yoga, chess etc.

Sorry but bringing up his ancestral home doesn’t make any sense when Nish considers himself British.


39 posted on 02/03/2020 6:34:34 AM PST by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: Cronos
Democracy was invented in Athens,

That kind of democracy - the democracy you see on display in your typical HOA collapsed pretty quickly and pretty much for the same reasons, and wasn't started again for a couple of millenia. That kind of democracy fails because there are no institutional restraints [e.g. the US Senate] to restrain the passions of the moment or the rise of demagogues like Schifface.

Our system of government grew out of the British system, which was pretty much sui generis evolving over 1000 years from the collapse of Rome to the American Revolution. That system survived because it continued to evolve and grow in order to survive.

40 posted on 02/03/2020 7:18:10 AM PST by AndyJackson
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