Yorubaland can do better. Yesterday Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, was alleged to have dismissed England as “a small island no one pays any attention to”. Today Mr Cameron, the Prime Minister of Britain was heard telling journalists: “I’ve been told that the Russians absolutely deny making the remark, and certainly no one’s made it to me. But let me be clear – Britain may be a small island, but I would challenge anyone to find a country with a prouder history, a bigger heart or greater resilience. Britain is an island that has helped to clear the European continent of fascism and was resolute in doing that throughout the Second World War. Britain is an island that helped to abolish slavery, that has invented most of the things worth inventing, including every sport currently played around the world, that still today is responsible for art, literature and music that delights the entire world. Britain may be small island but it’s the world’s sixth-richest country, with the fourth best-funded military, before noting the geological inaccuracy of the purported remark, adding: “For the people who live in Northern Ireland, I should say we are not just an island we are a collection of islands. I don’t want anyone in Shetland or Orkney to feel left out by this.” Yorubaland can do better than be irrelevant within the Nigerian state
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 06:12:47 +0000
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