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Rafe, I'm assuming the notion of dropping Winnie to replace him with a tranny fills you full of repulsion
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Yes, I personally, you know, as a Churchill historian, would love Churchill to be on the notes permanently
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But yes, this is just part of this continuing war on our history that we often discuss on this channel
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It's a long war and it's just basically another attempt to gradually or not so gradually, actually
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erase or rewrite our history, undermine our historical figures and events from the public
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spaces. And, you know, the imagery on banknotes, on our passports and the coins and stamps and all
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those sorts of things, they've traditionally always served to inspire pride in the nation
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And those are really powerful symbols of our sovereignty and our identity, just as much as
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the national flag, you know, or the royal coat of arms. And they make a statement about our nation
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who we are, and they help to shape an understanding of our identity
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and achievements and our heroes. And it speaks a lot, of course, to the changing fads
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and this desire we now see by our institutions, including the Bank of England, to create a new British identity
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which has completely severed from the past. I wonder, Rafe, we've had this conversation before
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I wonder if a lot of this now is starting to feel a bit deliberate Like they know that Winston Churchill is worshipped and adored as one of the greatest ever Brits They know we cherish the Union flag
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They know we cherish our national anthems. Is that specifically why you think they're targeted
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That's precisely why it's being targeted. That's what this is all about
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The Bank of England is just part of this long march through the institution
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The Bank of England, remember, in its new Bank of England museum, Well, it has a permanent exhibition on slavery
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And we need to understand that the elites who control our institutions bear no comparison to the generations that occupied those institutions
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They're cuckoos in the nest. They're embarrassed by Britain's history and its historical figures
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And these people used to understand love of nation and they replaced that with national self-loathing
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And so what they're doing is they're doing their best to create a new British identity, which is completely severed from those roots
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and is based upon new foundational myths. Britain is a post-revolutionary society
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I try to explain to people. The institutions are completely different to how they used to be
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And these new myths that they're creating are essentially that diversity built Britain
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Rishi Sunak even held up a 50 pence coin saying that you may remember, that Britain's always been a nation of immigrants
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that diversity is our greatest center. Rafe, Haydn Mancoo, we have to leave you there
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Simply around the time. Thank you. It's always a pleasure to have your company. Paying more school on the next hour. Don't go anywhere
