Yesterday, the co-owner of Manchester United, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, said the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants. When we use the word “colonised,” we should be historically precise. Colonisation was not migration. It was extraction. The British Industrial Revolution was materially financed through transatlantic slavery and colonial resource flows, profits from Caribbean plantations helped capitalise banks, insurance markets and industrial expansion. Formal empire continued into the 1960s. After independence, many former colonies entered IMF structural adjustment programmes that required currency devaluation and austerity. Take Jamaica. In the early 1970s the exchange rate was roughly £1 = J$2. Within a decade, repeated devaluations under stabilisation policies reshaped its economy and long-term debt trajectory. Migration into Britain did not emerge in isolation. It followed empire, labour recruitment and post-war reconstruction. If we are going to use the language of colonisation, we should do so with economic and historical accuracy. There is a longer structural conversation here, one that goes beyond headlines. I’ll share on my LinkedIn page tomorrow (Friday).

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Plus, most of your cholesterol comes from your liver, not your diet anyway:

Secret #2: Cholesterol is NOT the only cause of heart disease. Other main causes are high: - Blood sugar - Triglycerides - Blood pressure - Chronic inflammation A high-sugar and junk food diet worsens all of these factors. Fix your diet before resorting to medication.

Secret #3: The food pyramid is upside down. They claim that carbohydrates like: - Pasta - Bread - Cereal Should be the biggest part of your diet. But these are the same foods linked to obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes.

But guess what? Big Pharma won’t tell you this because they can’t profit from selling you better habits that are free. Here are some simple diet and lifestyle adjustments to help you: - Lose weight - Improve your metabolic health - Reverse type 2 diabetes if you have it:

You’re pretty dumb yourself Sheldon. Your use of the English language is poor. There’s a difference between they’re and there.

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HOLY SHIT!!! @MichaelSteele is 100% correct. This guy is a Republican, and he makes a stronger case for Democrats than Democrats themselves!