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In Defence of the British Empire

Quillette Podcast

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The Quilet Podcast - A Brief History

Before the 20th century most forms of labor were dreadful, absolutely dreadful. It took 200 years for us to get here so you talk about welfare state and various forms of protection worker protection was not there in the beginning. A surprising number of your critics quickly go to the fact that you are a Brexit supporter, is that right? What does that have to do with your views on 19th century India? I didn't vote in favor of leaving the European Union. Now it was done. I wantBrexit to succeed as best it can. How is it this even relevant to your historical views? The reason it's relevant is that some people think that the vote for UKIP was motivated by imperial nostalgia

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