On Friday, as part of a speech urging the UK to leave the European Union, Dr Liam Fox MP said that the UK was “one of the few countries in the European Union that does not need to bury its 20th century history”
"The United Kingdom, is one of the few countries in the European Union that does not need to bury its 20th century history" #scc16
— Dr Liam Fox MP (@LiamFoxMP) March 4, 2016
Many were swift to disagree.
While Dr Fox is correct that the UK never experienced the industrial-scale genocide of the Holocaust, or lived under the surveillance states of the STASI in East Germany or Hungary’s ÁVH, people argue that United Kingdom actions in Ireland, India and Africa during the 20th century themselves constitute atrocities.
Which events in 20th century UK history do you think Liam Fox should be reminded of before making such a sweeping assertion?
Tell us in the comments the bits of history you’d like us to remind Dr Fox of, and we’ll round them up for him in a little history lesson
