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That’s exactly right; de Gaulle was spot on, and very surprised that Churchill couldn’t understand this. Churchill understood the requirement for Britain to recognise its glory, but failed to allow the same for France. Why? Probably because during the war years Churchills fixation was winning the war, whereas for de Gaulle it was winning the peace

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A Certain Idea of France resonated deeply with me and allowed me to see de Gaulle's attitude to the Allies for what it was for the first time.

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What’s this

Nuerodiverse thing

I’ve heard dislexia is called a mental health issue now

don’t let mental health define you a disabilities officer who was ignored as a enbaressing relative who they didn’t want at meetings

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One of the motions Put to labour conference delegates on scrapping reps due to minority special interests being represented by their own rep

It was a good debate based on how other groups wanted more than their fair share of influence

Labour conference in 2018’conference proposed launching more bame Reps women reps Etc there’s no such thing It just was a way The Corbynites Get They Could get more of a voice On which Wing to have their reps to have their identity politics votes to get To go in over their progressive Identity Politics over Everyone else

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Dear Ben

Labour conference are

Debating scrapping things like womens

rep , a young rep , lgbt rep BaME rep

something you

Mentioned labour should do at the battle of

ideas a year ago

It’s a shame that those who are opposing this at conference

These catergories are meaningless and that by boxing in catergories

it ties those catergories to those who happen to fit in Those groups are expected to have associated with them

those pretend defined categories views

Regards

John Reid

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