Stabbings - UK & Worldwide

Countries are artificial constructions that are there for purely historical and political reasons.
Looking at countries, coldy and clinically, in say the the British Islands from a geographical, geophysical and population perspective there is no logical reason to have two 'countries' in Ireland nor 3 on the mainland.
There is plenty of room, food, wealth and natural resources for all, yet that isn't the actual case because of greed, and power hungry individuals.
But peoples want to congregate together and put in place leaders to rule them, mostly badly.
A small amount of people hold power, wealth and resources, mainly because of their birth. You can trace much of the land owning in the UK back to the Norman conquest and the distribution of land to the victors, their families and their mates.

People have always migrated for various reasons. The original humans as we know them originated from Africa. The history that is preached of 'discovery' and 'conquest' is mainly from the last 500 years.
Britain and other empires more recent like the French, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese and less so the German and Belgian spent most of their time fighting each other, and when the wars were over clerks and civil servants sat in dark rooms dividing up countries that they had 'conquered' and most of the divisions have given us the conflicts we have today. That is not to say much was achieved but we need to have a degree of honesty.

People can complain all they like about immigrants coming here but many come from countries we have either colonised, fought with or over, and still sit around in not even bothering to learn the language. What is happening now has a legacy in the past. So when people go on about 'our' borders and country, they should perhaps take a step back and have a damn good look at history.

I don't feel overwhelmed. I see a multicultural society in some areas of the UK, pockets of high concentration of different cultures in some places (as has always happened in the UK and in other countries) and large areas of the UK where immigration has hardly touched the local area.

I walk around Bristol and I don't feel like I'm being overwhelmed. I just don't see the same as some obviously do.

1066 - what happened with the dividing of the land after the Norman Conquest and how many landed folk today can trace back ownership of land
The dividing up and establishment of lands between the Empires of 18th and 19th Century
Quick look at the East India Company and its behaviour
Britain's part in the slave trade and paying off of the slave owners
Actions of the British in Ireland especially during the Great Famine
Might explain why a lot of people don't like the British and why still many want to come here

There are plenty of good bits in the law, improvement in health, sanitation etc
Many rail routes abroad, sewerage and communication systems, legal frameworks, foundations of industrial growth, and so on were established and are creditable points.
I know the above will get you irate, but there are many good parts as well as the not so good, but knowing the background as to why people flock to Britain may help explain why they aren't here just because of the benefits!

Glad you recognise the "good bits".
Are you genuinely upset about how William the Conqueror went about things,1066!
Over a thousand years ago!
Would that justify millions of English legally and illegally moving to/invading France?(I see the relationship between France and Islam is all going swimmingly .)
It was still centuries before the Manchester Guardian began to teach us better,backed by slave trade cash.My point being it was a long time a go and things were clearly done differently then.
There is absolutely no justification for mass uncontrolled immigration,none.
It's ridiculous to claim we owe them, so they are entitled to invade England and bring their anti free,anti British dangerous religion with them.
The attempted destruction of peoples identity,their shared past and nation is disgusting.Globalism.All for what?Immigrant anti British resentment, along with middle class, virtue signalling weird guilt ,demanding we all feel it.Feel what?Our white guilt!Our shame of a history that when given a balanced view,is fascinating and fantastic.
We are who we are because of our past.
Those quite likely being placed behind terrorists in the housing queue have every right to feel exasperated.They no doubt have family that fought and possibly died for GB.
20 odd years of voting for bulls**tting Governments,that have repeatedly told them yes,we hear your concerns on immigration and we'll sort it it.Then nothing.It gets worse.
Where's their voice?
Stolen and used by sussessive Conservative and Labour Government liars.

We had this debate on here a couple of years ago. I was labelled a traitor, someone who hates this country, just for pointing out the facts of history.
Basel even advocated burning books that held views contrary to his (blinkered) views.

History is a matter of record, however how it has been taught leaves a lot to be desired. For some I can only conclude it has not been taught at all.
As for cause and effect, well you could throw a bucket of water over some and they would still not be able too identify why they are wet.

The attempted destruction of peoples identity, their shared past and nation is disgusting. And what did we do to the cultures of lands we invaded? 
The church tried to convert them all, tried to wipe away their traditions, made them dress correctly, we imposed our laws, mined their lands, found a few jewels here and there, stuck them in concentration camps in South Africa including women and children, do you want me to go on. Like Icegas, you want to be blind to the past and what we did.

Oh and have a word with the Brits abroad who are immigrants but like to be called expats as it doesn't sound so bad.
Have a word about how they demand fish and chips, 'English' breakfast, pubs, and getting pi$$ed up on a Saturday night.
What about the locals culture and language that Brits abroad ignore?

Like Icegas you want to be blind to the past. As for current immigration, don't blame those who come, blame the government and business people who want them, and also blame the large percentage of white Brits who don't want to work nor do the jobs that are beneath them. If it hadn't been for the Windrush generation and others this country would have struggled to recover after the last war. 

The point you missed about WTC was that many who own vast swathes of the UK now had families who were part of the conquest and are only rich because of that not because of their own labours. That vast inequality and the power they retain keeps the likes of the poor Brits in their place, not Johnny Forriner!

Not so much how it's taught, more whether it's taught at all and definitely how it's (mis)remembered. Partly thanks to Hollywood oversimplifying. How many think Braveheart was a biopic? They couldn't even get the execution scene right.

Is that the debate over David Olusoga and the Battle of the Somme casualty list? From memory the YouTuber quoted had a rather dislike for people of a certain persuasion.

Wasn't born, but you've put an artificial date of native Britons. Surely if that's the case then you can't be selective over that too.

We have to take the good with the bad, we must stop being selective with history. That goes both ways. Otherwise we won't learn.