The British Empire was the largest the world had ever known. At its height, it ruled around 20 of the earths population. Well, the legacy of that empire is now the subject of passionate debate. Issues of exploitation and brutality have come to the fore thanks to the black lives matter protests. In bristol in the southwest of england, the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston was torn down amid angry protests. Clive myrie has been to bristol and reflects now on the struggle of her memory. Clive myrie who owns history . Who dictates memory . Is it always the victors . What would you think about coloured people coming to work on the buses . I dont like the idea very much. What about the others . Those marginalised, like the Windrush Generation . You know, i was willing to fight for my well, i thought was my country. And obviously, its not. The city of bristol is a place where different memories vie for supremacy. But why cant there be a past we all can embrace . Im a proud northerner
For echoes of empire. In this programme the bbcs correspondents around the world consider the legacy of imperialism as continuing controversy over the future of some public statues and protests by the black lives Matter Movement have shone a light on aspects of britains imperial past. The British Empire was the largest the world had ever known. At its height, it ruled around 20 of the earths population. Well, the legacy of that empire is now the subject of passionate debate. Issues of exploitation and brutality have come to the fore thanks to the black lives matter protests. In bristol in the south west of england, the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston was torn down amid angry protests. Clive myrie has been to bristol and reflects now on the struggle of her memory. Clive myrie who owns history . Who dictates memory . Is it always the victors . What would you think about coloured people coming to work on the buses . I dont like the idea very much. What about the others . Those m
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Dislocated from standard republican and partisan axes on those subjects. Are we fighting too Many American wars . What are the conservatives going to say about that . A panel today was moderated by republican congressman steve king of iowa. Yes, that steve king. But the real star of the discussion was republican congressman Louie Gohmert of texas. And this was his contribution to the question of do we fight too many wars . One of the things that we have heard over and over again since vietnam is, you know, well, we dont want to get in another unwinnable war like vietnam. Im not going to debate the merits of whether we should or should not have gone to vietnam. But what i will tell you is, vietnam was winnable but people in washington decided we would not win it folks, when you hear people talk about the lesson of vietnam, it ought to be this. You dont send american men or women to harms way unless you are going to give them the authority and what they need to win and then bring them ho