[Bloody Sam Roberts]

And how would this weenie go about re-writing the account of Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours in 732?

[Coyoteman]

Will this be accompanied by other countries rewriting their histories to reflect the contributions of the British?

[ArmyTeach]

To my dear British family: Not no, but never-in-a blue-moon NO!

[barb-tex]

For a true story of British History, Read the Flashman series, by Macdonald Fraser.
barbra ann

[Ronin]

Someone needs to take a cricket bat to that guy’s head.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Rewriting the country’s history would demonstrate to Britons in the 21st century how other groups apart from Anglo Saxons shaped the nation.

Easy: If it wasn't for curry fries, tikka masala and donner kabobs, the British would starve to death.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

rewritting history. The favorite pastime of liberals.

[Enchante]

"Mr Phillips said: "When we talk about the Armada, it was the Turks who saved us because they held up the Armada after a request from Elizabeth I."

Never heard of this one, and I'm not finding anything searching for it.... anyone know where this is coming from? The only delays I know of for the Spanish Armada were: (1) it took longer than hoped to build and outfit all the ships needed, and (2) the intended commander died and had to be replaced (through no doing of the Turks).

The only legitimate revisionism I know of on this topic is that the Spanish Armada was not defeated quite as catastrophically as many people assume, i.e., most of the main warships survived to return to Spain and the ships lost were mostly less significant. Also, bad weather had more to do with the Spanish fleet's problems than any decisive victory by the English. STILL, the fact is that Spain was unable to transport the army they wanted to bring from the Netherlands to invade England, and Spain's fleet ended up sailing around the British Isles and returning to Spain at greatly reduced strength. That's a victory for the Brits however you cut it, and I sure don't know what the Turks had to do with it!!

[snowsislander]

Mr Phillips said: "When we talk about the Armada, it was the Turks who saved us because they held up the Armada after a request from Elizabeth I.

I believe that's simply absurd. As far as I am aware, that unsupported hypothesis has only been around for only a few years, and there is virtually no evidence for it that I am aware of save for one very questionable article.

Since we are talking about very well-known events from 1588, surely some historian earlier than 2004 would have made some mention of any significant Turkish participation.

[headsonpikes]

“1066 and All That” is the only text needed to fully integrate diverse people into the United Kingdom.

http://www.amazon.com/1066-All-That-W-Sellar/dp/0750917164

Once they can laugh at this, they’re Brits!

[Carbonado]

Well, I guess the time had to come for the Brits to accept the truth about so many unpleasant realities of history.

You heard it hear first.

Prince Charles is really Bat Boy!

[taxesareforever]

Let’s see. Muslim history= killings killings killings. There, not too much to add.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Parts of British history need to be rewritten to emphasise the roles played by other races and religions like Muslims . . ."

Muslims, Muslims, Muslims. I get sick of hearing about Muslims. I'm sick of stroking their pathetic, barbarous egos.

[darkangel82]

Revisionist history, a tool of cultural Marxists.

[Will88]

What load of nonsense. History is most Western nations is becoming nothing more than a hodgepodge of the contributions of the ________s, and the ________s and the ________s, and the ________s aren’t being sufficiently recognized.

The real history that created the nations so many others want to be a part of is being abandoned so we can be ‘inclusive’ and say a few kind (and maybe true, maybe not) words about the ________s and the ________s and the ________s, etc., etc.

And there’s no shortage of wimpy, guilt-ridden whites to go along with it.

[Fishrrman]

'Rewrite British history to reflect other cultures'

George Orwell must be rolling in his grave.

- John

[Verginius Rufus]

While they are glorifying the Ottoman Turks, they should calculate how many Englishmen were captured by Turks while sailing in the Mediterranean, and spent the remainder of their lives as galley slaves or in a dungeon hoping to be ransomed.

[HHFi]

And let us not forget the vital contribution that the Muslims made to the Crusades.

[Regulator]

Mr Phillips, who was educated at Queen’s College Boys School in Guyana

Uh..er...that would be South America.

A bit far away from England.

Geographically, culturally, and genetically.

The man who plans to tell the British that their history is all wrong:

Just another Mugabe in disguise.

[expatguy]

This is disturbing beyond all description.

God help us all.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia