Did Diversity Really Build Britain?
Brazier19 Jun

Did Diversity Really Build Britain?

This week Colin argues that Windrush Day is part of a broader ideological project to instil the idea that diversity "built Britain".


While acknowledging the contributions of the 802 West Indian men who disembarked from the Empire Windrush in 1948, he argues that politicians and institutions have exaggerated their historical significance, turning a complex story of post-war migration into a national founding myth.


Colin explores the various ways this rewriting of British history is shaping the present, from replacing figures such as Sir Winston Churchill with images of wildlife on banknotes to what he sees as racially-biased coverage of the Notting Hill Carnival and the World Cup.


So, where does this leave us? Colin calls on Britain's leaders to confront both the benefits and the costs of immigration and to end what he regards as the uncritical promotion of state-sponsored myths and simplistic narratives.


Subscribe now.


www.outpoststudios.net

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(19)

This Will Change Britain Forever

This Will Change Britain Forever

This week, Colin cuts through the noise surrounding Andy Burnham's Labour conference speech to expose what his government is really up to on immigration.From the Afghan resettlement scheme to the inte...

2 Okt 25min

Why Labour Hates Self-Made Men Like Jim Ratcliffe

Why Labour Hates Self-Made Men Like Jim Ratcliffe

This week, Colin examines Britain’s increasingly fraught relationship with wealth through the story of Jim Ratcliffe, asking why the self-made billionaire has become a lightning rod in the debate over...

26 Sep 26min

Why We Mock Christianity but Fear Islam

Why We Mock Christianity but Fear Islam

This week, Colin returns from Arcadia in Greece - where Christian identity remains bound up with centuries of resistance to Muslim rule - to find St Paul's Cathedral has signed a nightclub residency, ...

18 Sep 23min

The Lie We Told Ourselves About 9/11

The Lie We Told Ourselves About 9/11

This week, Colin reflects on the lessons the West still hasn't learned 25 years since 9/11 - chief among them is an unwillingness to reckon honestly with Islamism, the ideology capable of driving educ...

11 Sep 25min

Why Britain's Problems Are Bigger Than You Think

Why Britain's Problems Are Bigger Than You Think

This week Colin argues Britain isn’t just broken, but “bats**t”. He points to a summer of surreal own-goals, including a farming minister who felt faint at raw meat, the Greens wanting to strip police...

28 Aug 25min

Why They Believed Arday but Not Ray

Why They Believed Arday but Not Ray

This week, Colin tells a tale of two teachers, separated by 40 years but bound by one unavoidable question: why do those in power reward the story they want to believe over the truth?Jason Arday, the ...

21 Aug 25min

The Silent Crisis That Could End Britain

The Silent Crisis That Could End Britain

This week, Colin admits he is a “monomaniac”, revealing that his singular obsession is demography. He argues that falling birth rates in Britain are no longer an abstract concern but an existential th...

7 Aug 23min

This Is the Inconvenient Truth About Terrorism

This Is the Inconvenient Truth About Terrorism

This week, Colin examines a string of terror attacks across Europe, from Nice a decade ago to last weekend’s atrocity in Berlin. He argues that the language used in the coverage of these atrocities is...

31 Jul 23min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
forklart
aftenpodden-usa
popradet
fotballpodden-2
stopp-verden
dine-penger-pengeradet
rss-espen-lee-usensurert
det-store-bildet
rss-gukild-johaug
nokon-ma-ga
hanna-de-heldige
aftenbla-bla
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
e24-podden
rss-ness
frokostshowet-pa-p5
bt-dokumentar-2
saken