Said some feared careers would be at risk if they stood up for British EmpireAcademics fear they might get mobbed and their career may be at risk if they stand up for the British Empire, an Oxford historian has said. The eminent professor, who currently leads a course on 'Ethics and the Empire' which explores both the positive and negative effects of the empire, went on to say that what academics did know was that it was 'not fashionable to stand up for the British Empire'. 'What they do know is that it's not fashionable to stand up for the British Empire and they also get the impression that if you dare to that, like me, you get mobbed. In the piece, the professor acknowledged that the British Empire was 'morally mixed' but said it had also provided law and order in other countries. He said: 'If on the other hand we recognise that the history of the British Empire was morally mixed, just like that of any nation state, then pride can temper shame.

Source: Daily Mail June 21, 2020 09:22 UTC