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BRITAIN PROMISES TO PROTECT ISRAELI WAR CRIMINALS 3rd November 2010 – British Foreign Secretary William Hague, pledged that Britain would not allow any Israeli government official to be arrested for alleged war crimes while visiting Britain.

BRITAIN SUPPORTS US ASSAULT ON VIETNAM 13 June 1965 – Tony Benn comments in his diary regarding the situation in Vietnam that “the Americans are now deciding to invade in full strength and we are left in the embarrassing position of appearing to support them.”

THE SPECTATOR – ‘NEGROES ARE MADE ON PURPOSE TO SERVE THE WHITES.’ [ 16 September 1865 ] In the 1860s, The Spectator was one of Britain’s leading weekly magazines with a relatively progressive reputation. It had, among other liberal causes, supported the Federalists and the principle of emancipation during the American Civil War. Despite such…

TOP CIVIL SERVANT – END OF EMPIRE MEANS ‘WE SHALL STARVE’ [ 7 January 1953 ] On 7 January 1953, Evelyn Shuckburgh, the Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, noted gloomily in his diary: Please feel welcome to post comments below.  If you have any questions please email alisdare@gmail.com © 2019 Alisdare Hickson All…

AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND SLAUGHTERED AS BRITISH TROOPS SACK DELHI. [ 20 September 1857 ] On this day in 1857, after six days of fierce street fighting, British troops under General Sir Archdale Wilson finally obtained the surrender of the remaining pockets of Indian Mutineers still holding out in the city.  However they remained determined…