“Go back home.”
Three words drenched in ignorance, soaked in hypocrisy, and weaponised by the very people who owe their cushy lives to the blood, sweat and backs of those they now want gone.
We’ve all heard it. Maybe it was screamed in the street, muttered under breath, typed anonymously online, or dropped like a passive-aggressive bomb in a pub after one too many pints. It’s the go-to slur for the small-minded and historically illiterate—the kind who think Queen Victoria invented the lightbulb and the NHS was built on British virtue.
So let’s put this tired insult on trial. Let’s look it in the eye and dismantle it—piece by piece—until it’s exposed as the embarrassing farce it truly is.
Part I: Britain Was Built on Colonised Backs, Not Cottage Pies and Cricket
Britain’s global wealth wasn’t self-made. It didn’t arise from sheer brilliance, fair trade, or “British values.” It came from conquest, theft, and exploitation.
The truth? The British Empire wasn’t a builder—it was a burglar.
It broke into countries, stole everything that glittered, then had the gall to call itself civilised. Whether it was spices, gold, land, people, or diamonds—if it wasn’t nailed down, the Empire took it. And if it was nailed down, they took the nails too.
India: The Jewel Robbed from the Crown
The British didn’t “give” India railways and law—they gave India famines, looting, and violence.
The British East India Company, backed by the Crown, turned a once-thriving economy into a cash cow for London’s elite. Over the course of British rule, India’s share of the global economy fell from 24% in 1700 to just 4% in 1947.
Historian Utsa Patnaik estimates Britain extracted $45 trillion (yes, trillion) in today’s terms from India alone. That’s not immigration. That’s imperial extortion.
Africa: Rich in Resources, Robbed of Justice
From the mines of South Africa to the slave ships off West Africa, Britain took whatever it wanted. Gold, diamonds, ivory, and rubber flowed into the Empire while African lives were treated like disposable tools.
Entire communities were torn apart, cultures flattened, economies destabilised. And when they resisted? They were labelled “savages,” imprisoned, executed, or bombed.
The Caribbean: Sugar, Chains, and Blood
Britain’s sweet tooth was fed by enslaved Africans working to death on Caribbean plantations. Sugar became white gold—fuel for British industry and aristocratic tea parties.
Meanwhile, families were ripped apart, languages lost, and generations born into bondage. And when abolition finally came, who got compensated?
Not the enslaved. The slave owners. The British government paid out the equivalent of £17 billion in today’s money to plantation owners. The enslaved got nothing.
Part II: The Koh-i-Noor and Crown Jewels—Loot Displayed with Pride
If you need a symbol of Britain’s colonial arrogance, look no further than the Koh-i-Noor diamond.
Originally from India, passed through Persian and Afghan hands, it was seized by the British in 1849 under “treaty”—a polite term for armed robbery. It now sits in the Crown Jewels, a glinting trophy of colonial theft.
It’s not alone. The British Museum and other institutions are stuffed with stolen artefacts from every corner of the globe—Benin Bronzes, Egyptian mummies, Aboriginal relics, Chinese porcelain.
These aren’t souvenirs. They’re receipts. Receipts for a history of looting dressed up as legacy.
Part III: “Go Home?” We Were Invited. We Were Needed. We Delivered.
Here’s what they won’t say out loud:
Britain begged the Commonwealth to come.
After World War II, this country was in ruins. Infrastructure crumbled. The NHS had just been born, but the country lacked the staff to run it. Trains needed drivers. Hospitals needed nurses. Cities needed rebuilding.
So who came?
- The Windrush Generation from the Caribbean, answering the call in 1948.
- Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi migrants, who propped up the textile industry, NHS, and transport sectors.
- African professionals, filling the gaps in education, engineering, and care.
These weren’t “invaders.” They were builders. They were invited. And they were essential.
The irony? The same politicians who cried out for immigrants to save the country were the ones later criminalising them in the Windrush Scandal.
Imagine giving your life to a country, only to be told decades later you’re no longer welcome. That you “don’t belong.” That it’s time to “go back.”
Part IV: The Pub Patriot and the Right-Wing Lie
Let’s talk about the real architects of this narrative: the right-wing grifters, tabloid columnists, and nostalgia-fuelled pub patriots who think Britain peaked in 1945 and everyone else is just tagging along for the ride.
These are the people who:
- Blame immigrants for job losses, while voting for governments that outsourced everything.
- Scream about “British values,” while ignoring every value worth having—justice, fairness, honesty, humility.
- Say “they’re taking our jobs,” but never seem to apply for the ones “they” are doing.
The uncomfortable truth?
Immigrants are not taking jobs. They’re doing jobs no one else wants.
The NHS would collapse without South Asian and African staff. Logistics would stall. Food wouldn’t get picked, packed or delivered. Warehouses wouldn’t run. Elderly care would collapse.
The people yelling “go back home” would be the first to suffer if that fantasy came true.
Part V: If We Really Left, You’d Miss Us the Most
Let’s imagine we all packed our bags and left tomorrow.
- Who’s running the 12-hour night shift at the hospital?
- Who’s driving the bus that gets you to work?
- Who’s preparing your lunch, cleaning your office, teaching your kids, delivering your parcels?
Britain doesn’t just benefit from its immigrant population—it depends on it.
This isn’t a favour. This is fact.
So before someone opens their mouth to spew “go home,” maybe they should pause and wonder:
Would I survive one week without the people I’m mocking?
Spoiler: You wouldn’t last two days.
Part VI: The Real Parasites? Those Who Took and Denied
Let’s cut to the chase.
Who really needs to “go back”?
- Those who stole from nations and refused to return what they took?
- Those who built empires on slavery, and now cry when statues come down?
- Those who inherited stolen wealth and pretend it came from hard work?
It’s not the immigrants who should be ashamed. It’s the beneficiaries of colonialism who deny it ever happened.
They inherited a kingdom and act like they built it. We inherited trauma—and built anyway.
Part VII: Home Is Where You Build, Not Where They Let You Stay
Home isn’t defined by your postcode or your passport. It’s defined by contribution, sacrifice, and belonging.
- If your grandparents were invited to rebuild Britain, this is your home.
- If your parents saved lives, taught children, drove buses, or scrubbed floors, this is your home.
- If you’re contributing today—working, raising kids, paying taxes—this is your home.
Anyone who says otherwise is deluded by a fantasy version of Britain that never existed.
The Britain of fair play, unity and freedom? That was built by all of us—not just those with Anglo surnames.
Final Word: Don’t Get Angry—Get Factual
So the next time you hear “go back home,” remember:
You already are.
You’ve earned it. You’ve lived it. You’ve bled for it. You’ve built it. You’ve made it better.
Let them stew in their bitterness. Let them cling to a history that’s slipping through their fingers.
Because history remembers builders, not bigots.
And when the books are written—truthfully, fairly, accurately—your name, your story, your legacy?
It will be carved into the very bricks they try to ignore.
