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Gordon Darroch

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Journalist, immigrant, solo parent. Ik rot niet op naar mijn eigen land puur om jou te pesten. Podcast: http://soundcloud.com/dutchnewsnl

  1. Thank goodness Britain has left the woke EU and can be more like Australia, which doesn't have to worry about spurious human rights claims.

    Hang on a minute … what's that, Skippy?

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  2. The experiences of US soldiers who fought and died in Europe were one of the catalysts of the civil rights movement. It's not “criticising America“ to explain how the equal rights reforms of the 1960s came about. Unless, of course, you think being anti-racist is the same as being anti-American.

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  3. It looks like this panel is not coming back. The American Battle Monuments Commission says it was removed during an “internal review of interpretive content“ under its previous secretary, Charles Djou. He told CNN the decision was prompted by the Trump administration. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...

    Decades ago, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old 1st Lt. Jeffersons Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers in, were tasked with burying the...

    Display about Black soldiers in World War II removed from US military cemetery | CNN Politics

    Decades ago, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old 1st Lt. Jeffersons Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers in, were tasked with burying the...

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  4. Trump's ambassador to the Netherlands, Joe Popolo, visited Margraten cemetery yesterday in the wake of the controversy about the removal of two panels featuring black American soldiers. He honoured “the ultimate sacrifice made by many brave African-American soldiers”. But … nos.nl/artikel/2590...

    De Amerikaanse ambassadeur heeft vanochtend de militaire begraafplaats in Margraten bezocht. Daar zijn panelen verdwenen over de rol van zwarte soldaten in het leger, mogelijk omdat ze in strijd zijn ...

    Ambassadeur VS reageert op verdwenen panelen tijdens werkbezoek Margraten

    De Amerikaanse ambassadeur heeft vanochtend de militaire begraafplaats in Margraten bezocht. Daar zijn panelen verdwenen over de rol van zwarte soldaten in het leger, mogelijk omdat ze in strijd zijn ...

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