A LABOUR councillor has been heavily criticised online for claiming the UK was a “partnership of equals” from the beginning in a BBC documentary.
A LABOUR councillor has been heavily criticised online for claiming the UK was a “partnership of equals” from the beginning in aIn the first episode, Olusoga tells viewers about the Company of Scotland – also known as the Scottish Darien Company – which was an overseas trading company created in 1695 that ultimately failed as thousands succumbed to hunger and disease during expeditions.
In his assessment of this particular piece of history – which came just over a decade before the Union was formed - McGuire said the Darien scheme showed Scotland couldn’t go it alone before adding: “This was a partnership of equals from the start.” Luke Smith, of Young Scots for Independence, shared the clip and said: “A colonial folly from the 1690s does not make a particularly credible argument for the modern union.”“The Darien scheme was politically sabotaged... and by whom? does he even know? I doubt it. The success of the Panama Canal should show him what a great idea it was. But no, he'd rather talk down his own country.
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