Lauren Brown

IF there is any historical period which is drilled into the minds of school children in Britain, it is that of the Second World War. Yet the focus on the British metropole and the Western perspective has hidden the vital contributions of British colonial soldiers and labourers across the globe.

The largely ignored suppression of the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya and the psychological warfare employed by the British Government paint a bleak picture for Theresa May’s current Brexit negotiations in a “fake news” world.