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Reminders of an imperial past, of slavery, of other issues which people think are no longer to be tolerated. whats your position on bringing down statues? i think statues dont matter in that. i think theres many more important imperial legacies. but statues are also not history. history is argument. statues are propaganda. they tell you one persons view of one person at one point in history. if that view then changes, its quite 0k to leave that statue up or bring it down. my preferred solution i...

About her future." were you thinking back to those schoolteachers? yes, i had school teachers who would regularly have a go at margaret thatcher over the miner strikes. we had whole lessons on sexism and racism rather than talking about, as i say, the core skills that wouldve helped children get on. im not saying we didnt do english and maths, im just saying it was a disproportionate focus on some of those issues. and ifound it really, really frustrating. whats the equivalent now? if thats what ...

And maths, im just saying it was a disproportionate focus on some of those issues. and ifound it really, really frustrating. whats the equivalent now? if thats what offended you then, giving a speech now about people being ashamed of our history, what are you thinking of now? what im thinking about now is the movement to pull down statues, the attack on winston churchills statue, the... the sort of focus on all of the negative elements of britains history. now, im not saying britains perfect, bu...

Thinking back to those schoolteachers?- thinking back to those schoolteachers? , ., ,. schoolteachers? yes, i had school teachers who _ schoolteachers? yes, i had school teachers who would _ schoolteachers? yes, i had school teachers who would regularly - schoolteachers? yes, i had school| teachers who would regularly have schoolteachers? yes, i had school. teachers who would regularly have a go at margaret thatcher over the mind of strike. we had whole lessons on sexism and racism rather than t...

Hunting deer and fess desantis in the morning and we will all sit around our tables and celebrate our families and be glad that god has blessed south dakota in incredible ways. you talked about a lot of other states that are tearing down statues, south dakota is putting them up. in fact, we are taking the four presidents that are on mount rushmore, we are building statues to them and putting them on our capitol rotunda so we can send a message to the west of the world leaders. they led us throug...

Left. so the far left took over the party. then they went to town, and everything from critical race theory to tax policies to climate change and cancel culture and beyond. this was a reaction to the education issue and all of it. a significant development, the white house knows it, nancy pelosi knows it, and thats why they worked fast and furious to rush through everything they could before the mid-term. jesse: some people realize how stupid wokism is, tearing down statues. they are warning, th...

Left. so the far left took over the party. then they went to town, and everything from critical race theory to tax policies to climate change and cancel culture and beyond. this was a reaction to the education issue and all of it. a significant development, the white house knows it, nancy pelosi knows it, and thats why they worked fast and furious to rush through everything they could before the mid-term. jesse: some people realize how stupid wokism is, tearing down statues. they are warning, th...

Of state condoleezza rice talking about critical race theory in schools saying black children are not helped by making white children feel guilty for being white. amen to that my loser is the new york city political class which is removing a statue of thomas jefferson from city hall. so, were now erecting statues of george floyd and taking down statues of thomas jefferson the world has gone mad, bret. >> bret: you know, they took down a statue of ulysses s. grant in san francisco. yes, the world...

Because democrats are fed up with these policies. look no further than los angeles. its plagued by crime and rampant homelessness according to former mayor. blaming his successor saying i have never seen this town so dirty. i have never seen crime up so quickly. the spread of homelessness, i think, to many rome is burning. new york is burning, too. but the city council here has other priorities like removing a statue of thomas jefferson and declaring racism a public health crisis. joining me now...

Not educated? >> grievance based ideologies. theyre taught the system is racist, its oppressive, and instead of trying to deal with that within the traditional democratic means, for example if you dont like a statue, you figure out however it is in the municipality to take the statue down. no, they are forming mobs, street thugs and they rip down statues. in aggregate, the problem is that the united states will lose competitiveness and one of the reasons it will lose competitiveness is because t...