Great Britain would often use its superpower might into bullying other nations to abolish slavery - despite sometimes violating international law & territories in the process.
A thread on the great lengths Britain would go to enforce abolition - using Brazil as an example. 🧵🇬🇧
Julia congratulates Attorney General Suella Braverman for scrapping diversity training 'witch trials' within her department.
"I was horrified when I saw what was going on in my department. Frankly it's brainwashing."
@juliahb1 | @SuellaBraverman
"I want to use last few seconds to give some words of advice to my successor.
Number One: Stay close to the Americans. Stick up for the Ukrainians. Stick up for freedom and democracy...
Remember above all: It's not Twitter that counts...
Hasta la vista, baby!"
- Boris Johnson
“When you are in that position there are certain things you that just can’t pull off”
F1 Driver Sebastian Vettel gives his views on Boris Johnson’s partygate actions. #bbcqt
“You've talked a lot about energy...does that make you a hypocrite?”
“When I get out of the car, of course I’m thinking, is this something that we should do?”
On #bbcqt tonight, F1 driver Sebastian Vettel and the panel discuss the energy crisis.
Join us at 10.40pm on @BBCOne.
2020: China takes Hong Kong. The West does nothing.
2021: The Taliban are handed Afghanistan by the West.
2022: Russia takes Ukraine.
The West is in retreat.
And everyone with half a brain knows that Taiwan is next on the menu.
Nope, our national story is that this entire country was forced to obey insanely authoritarian rules for months on end that were never needed to save lives, and the PM and his staff *knew* they weren't necessary and *that's* why they broke them.
*That* is our national story.