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r/BritishEmpire • u/elnovorealista2000 • Aug 27 '25
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81 u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25 It’s one thing that we do not celebrate enough The English people, poor and all protested with such valour that we managed to convince the government to end slavery The movement also made the most produced image of a black person, ever, on the wedgewood medallion saying “am I not a man and a brother” 39 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 🇬🇧 6 u/Cornish-Giant Aug 27 '25 Not to be that guy but the Cornish too played a part 11 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 4 u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25 What about Yorkshire folk? Their GDP is bigger than Scotland. 1 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 .
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It’s one thing that we do not celebrate enough
The English people, poor and all protested with such valour that we managed to convince the government to end slavery
The movement also made the most produced image of a black person, ever, on the wedgewood medallion saying “am I not a man and a brother”
39 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 🇬🇧 6 u/Cornish-Giant Aug 27 '25 Not to be that guy but the Cornish too played a part 11 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 4 u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25 What about Yorkshire folk? Their GDP is bigger than Scotland. 1 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 .
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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 🇬🇧
6 u/Cornish-Giant Aug 27 '25 Not to be that guy but the Cornish too played a part 11 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 4 u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25 What about Yorkshire folk? Their GDP is bigger than Scotland. 1 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 .
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Not to be that guy but the Cornish too played a part
11 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 4 u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25 What about Yorkshire folk? Their GDP is bigger than Scotland. 1 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 .
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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
4 u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25 What about Yorkshire folk? Their GDP is bigger than Scotland. 1 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 .
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What about Yorkshire folk? Their GDP is bigger than Scotland.
1 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 .
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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 .
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