While Biggar ultimately concludes that progressive discussions of colonialism are flawed and overly simplistic, he does not fall into the opposite extreme in favor of every aspect of Western colonialism.
Parents observed children having increased levels of anxiety and depression, a greater tendency for tantrums, and issues with negative self-esteem, problems that were not present before the lockdowns.
There is no question that free trade prospects in the UK are lagging, but there is more at stake than simply the arrest of British economic growth. A free economy gives rise to virtuous citizenry, promotes desirable social ends by means of employment, and reduces poverty—noble goals that were developed over the last two centuries.
UK authorities have yet to announce a possible motive, but stabbing attacks and vehicles used as weapons are common in terrorist attacks in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
Those of us who believe that England was built on Christian foundations must look at the current situation with a ruthless honesty. With faith and hope, yes, but certainly not with optimism.
It’s time for a return to sanity: adults who protect children from the most foolish of notions, and teachers who educate rather than indoctrinate their students.
The gifts Shirley Collins has given to us by her guardianship of England’s old folk songs should also be seen as an invitation to all peoples to recover their own folk music traditions.
It’s vital that we take risks in asserting our legal right to doubt and interrogate the ‘decolonising’ story, because what is at stake is so very important.
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