How Technology Built the British Empire

‘BAD RELIGION’: Effort To Cancel This Defender Of The British Empire Reveals The Left’s ‘Repressive’ Ideology

By Tyler O'Neil, The Daily Signal | May 25, 2025 Lord Nigel Biggar had the audacity to defend the British empire, and the Left’s cancel culture against him revealed a “repressive” desire to silence “anyone who disagrees” with its narrative. “I’ve noticed it’s not just that we have points of view that disagree with me on colonialism or race or gender or whatever—that’s acceptable in a liberal society,” Biggar tells The Daily Signal. “It’s not suf…

How technology built the British Empire

As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so much of the world for so long.

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As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so much of the world for so long?