Do you have any empirical evidence to support this belief?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:26, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Actually yes.
I studied the British in India as part of my degree. Academic studies into the quality of life of yer Indian peasant show that both before and after partition the standard of living was marginally lower. If I could be arsed I could find out who did this study and when but basically shut up. Factors such as access to justice and level of taxation were taken account of.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:37, Reply)

Basically the hand-wringing boo-hooing of apologists is not justified by facts.
On the whole, for the majority of those concerned, the British Empire was a good thing - which is why in places like Jamaica still love us.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:39, Reply)

Alaska

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:40, Reply)

BLESS YOU

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:43, Reply)

Particularly in the context of other options.
cf the Germans and Belgians in Africa, who were right old cunts.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:40, Reply)

You are so full of shit.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:40, Reply)

YOUN
The other options were worse.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:42, Reply)

And India according to "Rick Stein's India"

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:41, Reply)

The upper strata of Indian society flourished under the Raj,
and indeed the very idea of India as a singular entity was a direct result of our admisitrative works, railways, unified legal system etc. Prior to us it was a bunch of principalities run with differing levels of savagery by local princes, whose attitudes to human rights etc were on the whole nonexistent.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:46, Reply)

But you could get a lovely ruby.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:49, Reply)

Some of them were 'well nom', according to recent studies.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:53, Reply)

Alright, alright I only wanted to make a joke on the Empire and empirical.
Jeez.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:44, Reply)

Why the fuck did you do this as part of your degree?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:39, Reply)

Because my secondary subject was South Asian Studies.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:41, Reply)

Part of his pick up line was that he was in the SAS

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:42, Reply)

He was in the TA and SAS stood for
Saturdays and Sundays
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:48, Reply)

:o(

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:49, Reply)

I couldn't imagine Monty marching.......
Well unless it involved brown shirts and goose stepping
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:50, Reply)

And even then it all looks a bit like hard work.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:53, Reply)

Innit, can't we just watch it on the telly?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:55, Reply)