Tim CB
@balmer_tim
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Dad, Fusilier, Gooner, business owner voracious reader, former Conservative member, voted Remain, now enthusiastic Leaver. I ignore bots.
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Joined December 2020
At the turn of the 19th century, slavery was commonplace globally. One country did more to end it than any other. In 1807, Britain passed the Slave Trade Act, which prohibited the trade of slaves within the British Empire, marking the first major legislative step towards ending the transatlantic slave trade. The campaign was led by figures like William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, and the broader Anti-Slavery Society, who tirelessly worked to raise public awareness and push for legislative change. To enforce the ban on the slave trade globally, Britain deployed the West Africa Squadron, formed in 1808. This naval force was tasked with patrolling the African coast to intercept slave ships, regardless of nationality. Over its operational span from 1808 to 1860, the Squadron captured approximately 1,600 slave ships and freed around 150,000 Africans. The work was fraught with challenges; service in the Squadron was one of the least desirable postings due to the high mortality rate from tropical diseases. One sailor died for every nine slaves freed. The Squadron's actions were not just about direct interception; they also involved diplomatic efforts to convince or coerce other nations to abolish their own slave trades. Britain leveraged its status as a global superpower to negotiate treaties that permitted the Royal Navy to board and search ships suspected of slave trading. African kingdoms were also encouraged to sign anti-slavery treaties. Over 50 African rulers signed them, and for those that didn't it was enforced. Despite these efforts, the global slave trade persisted in various forms, especially outside British influence, and the enforcement was not as effective as hoped due to the enormity of the task and the advanced methods used by slave traders to evade capture. Unfortunately slavery exists many places in one form or another even now. The British government allocated £20 million to compensate slave owners for the loss of their "property," which was equivalent to about 40% of the government's annual budget at that time. This amount, when adjusted for inflation, would be billions in today's money. The debt incurred to fund this compensation was not paid off until 2015.
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@DanielKebedeNEU You are stropping over @Miss_Snuffy calling out the terrible Phillipson. Which of these applies to her academy? Are you lying or do you not understand?
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@CF11_News They're a bunch of knuckle dragging inbreds, the better they drop down to League 1 the better.
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@A_Fine_Rosey @SwailesRuth They have used the word racist so often it has become Pavlovian, anything they disagree with is racist. It's because they are incapable of reasoned argument.
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RT @PolitlcsUK: 🚨 NEW: Universities will have to prove they are promoting diversity to avoid funding cuts under new planned reforms [@the…
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@AndyGiabo @Artemisfornow The civil service will try to stifle any changes they need to go in with plans on how to deal with that.
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@maurice_1960 @Artemisfornow If they go through the normal process, nothing will happen, the civil service will sink it.
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RT @FCDOGovUK: The @Telegraph front page today is wrong and mendacious. ❌ There will be no such delegation of Caribbean leaders or officia…
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@RupertLowe10 The impact to women isn't just being the victim of crime, it is also the degradation of their lives, no longer comfortable or feeling safe walking or being in areas of town, restricting what they can do.
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@NadiaWhittomeMP Do you honestly think you don't divide people? That is complete cognitive dissonance.
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@visegrad24 On top of this the West Africa Squadron spent from 1808 to 1860 fighting against slavers, freeing 150,000 which cost Britain another fortune in blood and treasure.
At the turn of the 19th century, slavery was commonplace globally. One country did more to end it than any other. In 1807, Britain passed the Slave Trade Act, which prohibited the trade of slaves within the British Empire, marking the first major legislative step towards ending the transatlantic slave trade. The campaign was led by figures like William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, and the broader Anti-Slavery Society, who tirelessly worked to raise public awareness and push for legislative change. To enforce the ban on the slave trade globally, Britain deployed the West Africa Squadron, formed in 1808. This naval force was tasked with patrolling the African coast to intercept slave ships, regardless of nationality. Over its operational span from 1808 to 1860, the Squadron captured approximately 1,600 slave ships and freed around 150,000 Africans. The work was fraught with challenges; service in the Squadron was one of the least desirable postings due to the high mortality rate from tropical diseases. One sailor died for every nine slaves freed. The Squadron's actions were not just about direct interception; they also involved diplomatic efforts to convince or coerce other nations to abolish their own slave trades. Britain leveraged its status as a global superpower to negotiate treaties that permitted the Royal Navy to board and search ships suspected of slave trading. African kingdoms were also encouraged to sign anti-slavery treaties. Over 50 African rulers signed them, and for those that didn't it was enforced. Despite these efforts, the global slave trade persisted in various forms, especially outside British influence, and the enforcement was not as effective as hoped due to the enormity of the task and the advanced methods used by slave traders to evade capture. Unfortunately slavery exists many places in one form or another even now. The British government allocated £20 million to compensate slave owners for the loss of their "property," which was equivalent to about 40% of the government's annual budget at that time. This amount, when adjusted for inflation, would be billions in today's money. The debt incurred to fund this compensation was not paid off until 2015.
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@elonmusk In addition the West Africa Squadron fought slavers for 52 years rescuing 150,000 at the cost of much more blood and treasure.
At the turn of the 19th century, slavery was commonplace globally. One country did more to end it than any other. In 1807, Britain passed the Slave Trade Act, which prohibited the trade of slaves within the British Empire, marking the first major legislative step towards ending the transatlantic slave trade. The campaign was led by figures like William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, and the broader Anti-Slavery Society, who tirelessly worked to raise public awareness and push for legislative change. To enforce the ban on the slave trade globally, Britain deployed the West Africa Squadron, formed in 1808. This naval force was tasked with patrolling the African coast to intercept slave ships, regardless of nationality. Over its operational span from 1808 to 1860, the Squadron captured approximately 1,600 slave ships and freed around 150,000 Africans. The work was fraught with challenges; service in the Squadron was one of the least desirable postings due to the high mortality rate from tropical diseases. One sailor died for every nine slaves freed. The Squadron's actions were not just about direct interception; they also involved diplomatic efforts to convince or coerce other nations to abolish their own slave trades. Britain leveraged its status as a global superpower to negotiate treaties that permitted the Royal Navy to board and search ships suspected of slave trading. African kingdoms were also encouraged to sign anti-slavery treaties. Over 50 African rulers signed them, and for those that didn't it was enforced. Despite these efforts, the global slave trade persisted in various forms, especially outside British influence, and the enforcement was not as effective as hoped due to the enormity of the task and the advanced methods used by slave traders to evade capture. Unfortunately slavery exists many places in one form or another even now. The British government allocated £20 million to compensate slave owners for the loss of their "property," which was equivalent to about 40% of the government's annual budget at that time. This amount, when adjusted for inflation, would be billions in today's money. The debt incurred to fund this compensation was not paid off until 2015.
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@deGourlay It's hard not to come to the conclusion that he's either been bought or they have kompromat on him.
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RT @jonatanpallesen: White farmers in South Africa are getting murdered in gruesome torturous ways. Buried alive, tortured with blow torche…
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When they tell you who they are... He's certainly told us who he is. “Dear resident, F*** your bins. I’m re-elected and without your vote. Screw you. PS: Hopefully you’ll have croaked it by the all-outs.'” In another message he responded to someone’s name, which ended with ‘berg’: “He sounds too militaristic and too Jewish. Is he in Mossad
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@TiceRichard It is shameful that Labour are still funding UNWRA, they have been shown as a Hamas front time and again.
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