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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 ....
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 mem ....
The day now since that announcement and Nelson Mandelas house. He was taking to the streets in south africa to pay tribute to nelson and get out. Indeed the state they were still trying to come to terms with the death of disco boogie death not they say theyve accepted teased and not the umpiring to carry him now we know that he will be getting on the fifteenth of this and that in his hometown of london. What would happen on the latin from the heavens to the thirteenth. Hes one one nineteen states in pretoria. And on the tenth of peace and that it will be a national day of mourning and this sunday the eighth of december. It will be a national day of prayer and reflection isnt a consumer has called on South Africans to use this day to reflect on the night of nelson and data what he has made two South Africans and one he h ....
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Interesting part of the president s answer to ainslie earharts question, that hasnt played in that portion that you aired there, shep, where the president said this was not a Campaign Contribution, because it wasnt the campaign that paid it, it was me. And i have tweeted about that in the past. Now, you remember, the president put an awful lot of his own money into the campaign. So i asked sarajevo hah Huckabee Sanders how did the president dlinity what was going to the campaign and what might have gone to other people for campaign purposeles. Listen in here. How do you draw the line between what was a Campaign Contribution and what might have been a payment to somebody for other purps. Secretary sanders im not going to get into the ....
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 ....