653. The Truth About The British Empire - Nigel Biggar

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Andrew Gold

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Nigel Biggar is one of Oxford's most eminent professors of ethics, yet he found himself at the center of a firestorm for simply suggesting that British history contains reasons for both "shame and pride." From mass online petitions to having a major book deal canceled by junior staff who found his work "problematic," Nigel’s story is a chilling example of what happens when one man stands against the institutional machine. SPONSORS: Go to https://boncharge.com and use code HERETICS to save 15%. Go to https://surfshark.com/heretics for 4 extra months of Surfshark Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code andrewgold at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/andrewgold Check Plaud UK: https://bit.ly/40Gzdh1 | US: https://bit.ly/475MQKe Notepro: https://bit.ly/479tWSR Organise your life: https://akiflow.pro/Heretics Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics/ Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/heretics Nigel Biggar is one of Oxford's most eminent professors of ethics, yet he found himself at the center of a firestorm for simply suggesting that British history contains reasons for both "shame and pride." | | Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics From mass online petitions to having a major book deal canceled by junior staff who found his work "problematic," Nigel’s story is a chilling example of what happens when one man stands against the institutional machine. - Support Nigel Biggar’s work: Get his book "Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning" here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Colonialism-Moral-Reckoning-Nigel-Biggar/dp/0008511675/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 - Follow him here: https://x.com/NigelBiggar In this episode, we dive into the facts the "elites" don't want you to know—from the global reality of empire to the suppressed truth about Britain’s leading role in abolishing slavery. Is the current wave of "self-hatred" a precondition for revolution? And what happens to a society that forgets who it is? #NigelBiggar #BritishEmpire #CancelCulture #Oxford #FreeSpeech #History #Heretics #AndrewGold #Colonialism Join the 30k heretics on my mailing list: https://andrewgoldheretics.com Check out my new documentary channel: https://youtube.com/@andrewgoldinvestigates Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Chapters: 0:00 Nigel Biggar: The Professor the Elites Tried to Silence 2:00 The "Ethics and Empire" Project that Caused a Firestorm 4:15 "OMG, Shut This Down": The Cambridge Academic's Tweet 7:15 Why Bloomsbury Cancelled a "Speechless" Manuscript 10:10 The Inflection Point: George Floyd and Systemic Racism Narratives 14:40 The Danger of Revolutions: From Stalin to the French Revolution 17:45 The Horrific Global History of Slavery (That Isn't Taught) 23:50 Facing Hostility: Nigel on the Mehdi Hassan Interview 30:10 "The Room is Not the Room": Lessons from Brett Weinstein 33:45 Why the Focus is Uniquely on British Guilt 37:40 The Truth About Ethnic Disparities: The Sewell Report 43:10 The Logic (and Illogic) of Reparations 50:15 How Christianity and Protestantism Shaped the West 56:30 A Personal Moment: Nigel on Doubt, Love, and Faith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.9	Nigel Bigger is one of Oxford's most eminent professors of ethics.
0:36.0	His publisher called his book one of the most important manuscripts they had seen in years,
0:39.1	then cancelled it because junior staff complained.
0:43.5	This video is about who gets to decide what you're allowed to know.
0:49.3	Watch it through because the facts Nigel lays out are the ones that never make it onto the BBC.
0:51.8	And by the end, you'll understand why.
0:54.0	If that matters to you, subscribe. A Cambridge academic tweeted her followers, OMG, this is serious shit. We need to block
0:59.7	capitals shut this down. I got an email announcing that they were postponing publication
1:04.9	indefinitely because, quote, public feelings unfavorable. Wow. One man raging against a machine
1:10.3	and that machine just completely
1:11.5	clamped down on him, even though he was right. Junior staff at Bloomsbury had protested about
1:16.9	having to deal with offensive problematic material and significantly the management.
1:22.3	So it's something deliberate happening. Oh, it's quite deliberate. They are deliberately excluding things from vision.
1:29.3	Why? Because they want to create the impression that the British were uniquely guilty.
1:32.3	They want to push the narrative of...
1:34.3	They've built careers, social circles, movements around...
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