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He was DEFEATED ELEVEN TIMES. Attacked. Threatened with DEATH. Nearly blind. Addicted to opium just to function. They told him to stop. He spent forty-six years refusing. His name was William Wilberforce. Born in Hull, 1759. He could have lived a comfortable life. Wealthy

Britain took on fifty nations. African kings. Arab sultans. Bombarded ports. Deposed rulers who refused. Lost 1,600 men. Spent 40% of the entire Treasury. A debt so big it wasn't paid off until 2015. You or your parents were still paying for it. Not for land. Not for gold.

In 1943, Black American soldiers arrived in Lancashire.🇬🇧🇺🇸 Back home, they couldn't eat in the same restaurants as white people. Couldn't drink in the same bars. The locals didn't care about any of that. They said come in. Same pubs. Same pints. Same welcome as everyone

Britain bought eight hundred thousand slaves. In one purchase.🇬🇧🪙⛓️ If you paid British taxes before 2015, you helped them do it. The British Empire. 1833. England itself had rejected slavery over sixty years ago. But across the Empire, it was thriving. For decades,

The FA wrote the rules of football in 1863. The rules you actually play by? A greenhouse. In Sheffield. 1858. Two mates from the cricket club went for a walk one autumn afternoon. They wanted something to do when the cricket season ended. So they started a football club.

Why doesn't the left think Britain is the greatest invention ever? 👑Hobbles the power of kings, ends absolute rule 💡Invents liberalism, exports it to the world ⚖️Champions Parliamentary democracy, exports it to the world ⛓️‍💥First nation to abolish slavery at great national

For a thousand years, the Bible existed in England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✝️ But only in Latin. Ordinary people weren't allowed to read it. The Church said only the Church could speak to God. William Tyndale thought that was wrong. Oxford-educated. Spoke eight languages. He told a clergyman: I

Three British scientists saved the ozone layer. 🇬🇧 NASA had a billion pound satellite watching the same sky. 🛰️ For seven years it collected atmospheric data over Antarctica. Every single day. The ozone was vanishing. Readings lower than anything ever recorded. Numbers that

They told you this country has nothing to be proud of. They were wrong. 🇬🇧 2,300 years ago, Greek explorer Pytheas of Massalia sailed to these islands. He found Cornish tin miners already trading with the ancient world, and Stonehenge, built before the pyramids of Giza. He

They said English culture doesn't exist. They said it in English. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The most spoken language on Earth. Born on this island. Fifteen hundred years ago, three tribes crossed the North Sea. Angles. Saxons. Jutes. They brought words we still use today. Earth. Water. Fire. Love.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 On the West African coast, there is a city called Freetown. Its name tells you everything. In 1787, British abolitionists founded it as a home for freed slaves and Black loyalists from Britain. They called it the Province of Freedom. When Britain abolished the slave

Britain's Gifts To The World 🇬🇧 They taught you to be ashamed of this country. ⛓️ Here's what they left out. The steam engine. The telephone. The television. The world wide web. The computer you're reading this on. All of it Britain. Vaccination, given to the world for free.

Happened a few times this season. Level of officiating at FP has been questionable.

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Today is St George's Day. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Your patron saint wasn't English. Your flag wasn't English either. Here's why we claimed them both. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 He was from Cappadocia. Modern Turkey. A Roman soldier. The Praetorian Guard. Diocletian's personal bodyguard. 303 AD. The Emperor orders him

Winning the FA Cup twice isn’t for everyone 😏

This was King Charles III finest hour. His address to Congress was witty, clever, cultured and touched the most important issues facing both our nations. Countless standing ovations and rounds of applause. The value of our monarchy is truly priceless. God Save the King 🇬🇧

There cannot be a Briton alive who was not proud of our King today. God Save The King!🇬🇧🤴