# @TheStoicEnglish: X profile (context) Hub: [[Users/@TheStoicEnglish/@TheStoicEnglish|@TheStoicEnglish]] · Lists: [[Users/@TheStoicEnglish/Chronological List|chronological]] · [[Users/@TheStoicEnglish/Topical List|topical]] · Topic: [[Topics/Slavery, Colonialism and Teaching History/Slavery, Colonialism and Teaching History|Slavery, Colonialism and Teaching History]] · Index: [[X Research]] > [!info] Interactions with [[marshallpittman]] > No posts between @TheStoicEnglish and @marshallpittman were found in either direction (full-archive X search, Nov 3, 2026). Marshall bookmarked this post into "summarize". ## Identity - **Name:** Ben Thompson (@TheStoicEnglish), United Kingdom - **Bio (verbatim):** "Building the largest British history brand in the world 🇬🇧" - **Joined:** Jun 2023 · **Verification:** blue - Ben Thompson (UK), who says he is 'building the largest British history brand in the world'. 1.9K followers, joined Jun 2023. Posts patriotic British history and promotes his own brand. ## Stats (X API, Nov 3, 2026, about 8:30 PM CT) | Followers | Following | Posts (lifetime) | Listed | Media | Likes given | |---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | 1,923 | 623 | 1,346 | 3 | 660 | 431 | ## What they post about Sample: 25 items (23 posts, 2 threads), Nov 1, 2026, 1:11 AM CT to Nov 3, 2026, 12:07 PM CT. Themes come from keyword rules, so treat them as approximate. | Theme | Items | Likes | Views | |---|---:|---:|---:| | Empire and colonies | 1 | 987 | 12,318 | | British history | 11 | 11,285 | 237,640 | | Promotion | 4 | 154 | 5,778 | | Other | 9 | 660 | 26,194 | ### Top posts in the sample (by likes; reposts excluded) | Date (CT) | Post (verbatim, trimmed) | Likes / views | |---|---|---| | [Nov 2, 2026, 4:41 AM](https://x.com/TheStoicEnglish/status/2117205340257165779) | On behalf of the British people, I would like to apologise for the slave trade. I am sorry we were the first great power in history to turn … | 10,746 / 221,431 | | [Nov 3, 2026, 12:07 PM](https://x.com/TheStoicEnglish/status/2117680198233579748) | The British Empire was the greatest work of human civilisation this world has ever seen. It outlawed the slave trade and then hunted it to e… | 987 / 12,318 | | [Nov 2, 2026, 7:22 AM](https://x.com/TheStoicEnglish/status/2117246037622505699) | They want an apology. I'd rather give them the record. I started this because I was tired of watching our history told by people who hold it… | 317 / 8,848 | ## Fact-check scorecard | Posted (CT) | Post | Verdict | |---|---|---| | Tue Nov 3, 2026, 12:07 PM CST | [[Users/@TheStoicEnglish/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - TheStoicEnglish on the British Empire (2026-11-03)|the British Empire as civilisation's greatest work]] | 🟡 Many facts are right (a quarter of the world, the West Africa Squadron's 150,000 freed, a 56-member Commonwealth), but it leaves out Britain's own leading role in the slave trade and the violent end of empire (Mau Mau, Malaya, Partition), and some claims are overstated | ## Assessment for source reliability A patriotic history brand account. Individual facts often check out, but the selection is one-sided; use it with balancing sources. ## Gaps - The sample covers only the most recent posts returned by the X API (about two pages); older history was not read. - Likes by Marshall can't be checked through the API.