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Prime ministers, archbishops, academics, editors and public broadcasters are all in the business of exaggerating the colonial sins of their own countries against noble (not-so-very) savages – from Vancouver to London to Sydney. Why?

Fake history is flourishing across the West. Just consider these three cases

Throughout the English-speaking world elites are falling over themselves to believe the very worst of their own countries. Take these three cases from Canada, Britain and Australia.

Nigel Biggar

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 22: Britain's King Charles III, right, gestures beside honor guards during his visit to Sydney Opera House on October 22, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. The King's visit to Australia is his first as monarch, and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa will be his first as head of the Commonwealth. (Photo by Mark Baker - Pool/Getty Images)

My advice to Australians: You don’t have to choose between royalty and republicanism

Republicans object to Australia’s hereditary monarchy, partly because it’s foreign and partly because it’s a medieval absurdity stranded in a modern, democratic age. If that were so – and if I were Australian – I’d object, too. But it’s not true.

Nigel Biggar

Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/nigel-biggar