EIC opium system:
• Legal monopoly on production
• Forced farmer cult (debt)
• Fixed £ (below market)
• Can't sell elsewhere (illegal)
• All exp to China
• Major £ source
#EastIndiaCompany #DrugTrade #India #China #BritishEmpire #history #BritishHistory #BritishSociety
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#UKDocumentary #BritishSociety #HumanRights #NomadicLife #MinoritiesInBritain #BeyondBorders
This is the good news article #Starmer should have written, instead of the laundry list presented in the Guardian. It's all about hope & perspective people
#Goodnews
#UKpolitics
#Britishsociety
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💔 THE INSTITUTIONAL LIE: Why #Britain Traded Truth for a Comfortable Scent. #UKPolitics #InstitutionalCowardice #FreedomOfSpeech #UncomfortableTruth #KnifeCrime #BritishSociety #news @lbc.co.uk @lbcnews.bsky.social 👇
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All British people are equal but some British people are more equal than others 2/2 #AnimalFarm #GeorgeOrwell #Inequality #AbolishTheMonarchy #BritishSociety
Talking of Monserrat, may I mention that Charles Riley (a character from Empire Close) came to England from there?
Empire Close - enjoy
#mjboyle
#empireclose
#everybodyneedssomebody
#mirrormirroronthewall
#britishsociety
#understandthebrits
#englishfiction
#nochildtoohungrytolearn
#awareness
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The Great British Land Robbery
#Britain #BritishSociety #LandOwnership #Inequality #UKpolitics
Last day in #Rocklin, #Roseville, #Fairfield: 80%/123 #Reviews + 64%/100+ #CriticsConsensus" Tale of survival #SteveMcQueen's #Blitz's examination of #Britishsociety under #wartime is given a beating heart by #ElliottHeffernan:& #SaoirseRonan's lovely acting;..." www.fandango.com/blitz-2024-2...
