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Pretty sure they’re all dead now though.Because a lot of them served in the same Army before and after the civil war?
Pretty sure they’re all dead now though.Because a lot of them served in the same Army before and after the civil war?
Poor old Havelock has bitten the bullet and had his street name taken down. Guru Nanak doesn't quite have the same ring!
A London council has been hit by a backlash after renaming a road that honoured the hero of Lucknow Sir Major General Henry Havelock after the founder of Sikhism.![]()
Row over road honouring British general renamed after Sikhism founder
A section of Havelock Road - named after Major General Sir Henry Havelock - was rebranded as Guru Nanak Road in Southall, Ealing, on Monday, sparking a furious row over 'erased history'.www.dailymail.co.uk
A section of Havelock Road - named after the military leader who has a statue in Trafalgar Square - was officially renamed Guru Nanak Road in Southall, Ealing, on Monday.
Poor old Havelock has bitten the bullet and had his street name taken down. Guru Nanak doesn't quite have the same ring!
A London council has been hit by a backlash after renaming a road that honoured the hero of Lucknow Sir Major General Henry Havelock after the founder of Sikhism.![]()
Row over road honouring British general renamed after Sikhism founder
A section of Havelock Road - named after Major General Sir Henry Havelock - was rebranded as Guru Nanak Road in Southall, Ealing, on Monday, sparking a furious row over 'erased history'.www.dailymail.co.uk
A section of Havelock Road - named after the military leader who has a statue in Trafalgar Square - was officially renamed Guru Nanak Road in Southall, Ealing, on Monday.
Love the jargon, who on earth can translate this tosh!Proof that the lunatics have taken over the asylum.
Social media "activists" have said it has to go, so that is what we will be doing.who on earth can translate this tosh
Love the jargon, who on earth can translate this tosh!
An equality impact assessment carried out as part of the review also concluded the statue would impact anybody who 'does not define themselves in binary gender terms'.
It read: 'The General Buller statue represents the patriarchal structures of empire and colonialism which impact negatively on women and anyone who does not define themselves in binary gender terms.
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Council is slammed for 'historical wokery' over plans to remove statue
EXCLUSIVE Exeter City Council set up a task group after the BLM protests to decide whether a statue of General Sir Redvers Buller should be moved from its prominent position in the city.www.dailymail.co.uk
Same, but the wife had me put the bins out and it all came flooding back.I woke up this morning and i'd forgotten all about slavery.
See, it is possible.
I feel your pain BroSame, but the wife had me put the bins out and it all came flooding back.
Buy a couple of Africans to put the bins out for you.Same, but the wife had me put the bins out and it all came flooding back.
Poor old Havelock has bitten the bullet and had his street name taken down. Guru Nanak doesn't quite have the same ring!
A London council has been hit by a backlash after renaming a road that honoured the hero of Lucknow Sir Major General Henry Havelock after the founder of Sikhism.![]()
Row over road honouring British general renamed after Sikhism founder
A section of Havelock Road - named after Major General Sir Henry Havelock - was rebranded as Guru Nanak Road in Southall, Ealing, on Monday, sparking a furious row over 'erased history'.www.dailymail.co.uk
A section of Havelock Road - named after the military leader who has a statue in Trafalgar Square - was officially renamed Guru Nanak Road in Southall, Ealing, on Monday.
Well James Wong did say gardening was racist.Contact wait out!
The Royal Horticultural Society are at it now.
The president’s note (Mr Weed!), sent on New Year’s Eve, said it would affirm the ‘council’s commitment to supporting equality, diversity and inclusion throughout the organisation’.
Mr Weed said: ‘We live in a fast-changing world and the RHS needs to be able to respond more quickly and be more agile to create a charity fit for the future.’
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Royal Horticultural Society is dragged into culture wars
The UK's leading gardening charity has been accused of being 'another British institution falling to the modernisation agenda'.www.dailymail.co.uk
I wonder what happens if someone who lives on the road keeps on using the old road name?
Also, google doesn't agree.
I also note that right next door to Havelock road is Kohat road... lets see what wiki has to say about its name sake:
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Kohat - Wikipedia
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So we're going to piss of either the Pakistani's (???) or assorted flavours of Sikh's with that road name. Better name it after a unifying force, that built infrastructure and kept the peace for a century... Empire Road?
Looks like it? Why?Has the main BLM thread been pulled?
Dunno - lines were probably crossed but I don't recall anything untoward. Then again, I have no idea what the lines would be.Looks like it? Why?