In one sense we are all eternal; every atom in our bodies has existed since the Big Bang, and will continue to exist until whatever effective termination the Universe will undergo. What was once a dinosaur became a mammoth, and is now posting on SWF.
"More than 175 historians have called on the Home Office to remove the history element of the UK citizenship test because of its “misleading and false” representation of slavery and empire."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/22/home-office-urged-to-correct-false-slavery-information-in-citizenship-test?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB
And on the eighth day God created MLG, so that he could test and challenge His people, and prove that freedom of thought and foregiveness of doubt are the greatest of His gifts.
Perhaps competence and clarity of thought are quite low on the list of qualities the UK electorate desire in their politicians ? BoJo's bufoonery must appeal to a proportion of our population.
I ddn't say that BLM is no longer relevant, I just feel that the whole 'taking a knee' thing has become tokenism. How much longer will it continue ? Will it happen before every game next season ?
I'm sure racists couldn't give a toss. Their prejudices are ingrained, and like a Trump supporting coronavirus denying, Bible thumper, they are not going to be swayed by facts or informed argument.
I am neither gammon nor racist but I would give them kudos for their action. The whole 'taking a knee' thing has now run it's course and is verging on anachronism.
Other than Donald Trump and Bolsaro in Brazil, I'm not sure anybody has claimed it is made up. There do seem to be, however, questions around the veracity of the statistics, in England in particular.
There is an outbreak of CoViD-19 at a Test and Trace centre in Motherwell. I wonder how successful they will be in finding the contacts of those infected.