Taxpayers are set to finance a £475-per-day expert tasked with “decolonising” sections of Hadrian’s Wall. The Mail has more.
A newly created post aims to address “Britain’s colonial past and systemic racism” at two ancient forts on the wall – even though they were built by the ancient Romans who invaded Britain, leading to the deaths of an estimated 750,000 people.
Critics have pointed to the double standard of seeking to denigrate Britain’s colonial past while celebrating the achievements of the Roman Empire.
The “decolonisation specialist” is to be employed by the council-funded Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums group to cover nine locations in North East England.
They include the Arbeia and Segedunum forts on Hadrian’s Wall, hailed as “bastions against barbarian attack”. Experts point out that Celtic Picts were massacred in their thousands during the Romans’ occupation of Britain. …
Historian Jeremy Black, said: “Decolonisation is the gravy train for third-raters who hate their country and its history. There is absolutely no merit to this proposal and expenditure.”
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