They will lay down their lives in defence of the underprivileged and oppressed. How and where these myths originated is a mystery, and how they have lasted and endured is an even greater mystery. The British Empire was one of the greatest the world has ever seen. Taken by the sword, and held down by oppression and exploitation. How many poor souls perished through torture, slavery and trying to defend their freedom, is anybody's guess.
Millions is a conservative estimate.
These atrocities were not only confined to foreign shores either. The Tolpuddle Martyrs deported for standing up for their rights. The Jarrow Marchers, and more recently the workers at G.C.H.Q. at Cheltenham and the miners all having their rights denied them by legislation in this free and democratic country. English history is littered with such instances, in fact it is almost entirely made up of them, oppression and subservience hand in hand, taking away the citizens rights of any land they occupied and of this land when it suited them. H owever, to get back to the Gypsies, the 1968 Caravan Act gave us cause to believe that at long last our struggle for recognition was being acknowledged, progress was being made.