You appreciate you have just called him a communist?
I've just defended the British Empire under a Guardian article about the evils of the British in India. :hehe: There's going to be incoming, isn't there?
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Not me. I am a white leftie but I find the British Empire fascinating. It is also difficult to argue that it was wholly negative if you spend time in Singapore, Malaysia, India. The work of Raffles in particular exemplified the most enlightened of its era.
Obviously, there were unpleasant episodes, particularly in India, but the british presence is still felt there today and not in a wholly negative way.