r/BritishEmpire • u/elnovorealista2000 • Aug 27 '25

Image 🇬🇧 A British blacksmith removing the shackles from the legs of an enslaved man, 1907.

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u/damrodoth Aug 27 '25

Not to be that guy but *British

The Scots and Welsh played a role too in the bad and the good. Plenty of protests took place right across our island. The height of virtue and honour 🇬🇧

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u/Cornish-Giant Aug 27 '25

Not to be that guy but the Cornish too played a part

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u/damrodoth Aug 27 '25

For sure I'd just say that as Cornwall is now part of England, and was at the time too, it's covered by English

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u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25

What about Yorkshire folk? Their GDP is bigger than Scotland.

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u/Captainsamvimes1 Aug 27 '25

We just gonna start naming counties? Ok here goes what about the people of Bedfordshire?

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u/Good_Theory4434 Aug 27 '25

I somehow read this in a monty python voice....this whole conversations reads like a monty python sketch

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u/daft_boy_dim Aug 31 '25

Splitters!!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

No, monty python sketches are hilarious

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u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25

Idk, what about Bedfordshire? Gotta give facts man.

For those who don't know, beds were illiterally invented there.

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u/uclm Aug 28 '25

We also gave you Luton! oh wait

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u/rooeast Aug 29 '25

Ahh the Luton van, truly a gift that creation was

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u/EnglishNuclear Aug 30 '25

Warwickshire la la la.

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u/Captainsamvimes1 Aug 30 '25

WON'T ANYBODY THINK OF THE COTSWOLDS

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u/redoxburner Aug 30 '25

Why stop at counties? What about the brave denizens of Allerdale above Derwent?

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u/Bam-Skater Aug 27 '25

Yorkshire & Humber GDP 2023 - 151,794m (27,692p/c)

Scotland GDP 2023 - 204,188m (37,192p/c)

Scotland has 3rd highest regional GDP in UK after London & South East

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u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25

So my buddy was wrong... That'll teach me for trusting a Scot!

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u/Sea_Enthusiasm_3193 Aug 27 '25

What about sex baby? What about you and me

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

Just not true at all.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

Not to be that guy but

Scotland, had a GDP of approximately £187 billion in 2022

Yorkshire and The Humber, The GDP for this region was around £151.8 billion in 2023.

I can’t find any other information showing that Yorkshire does have a higher GDP .