John Healey says UK apology over historic role in slave trade won’t lead to financial reparations – as it happened
Speaking to broadcasters on Sunday, Badenoch also questioned whether it was worth future leaders attending the Commonwealth summit, given that it was now dominated by calls for reparations.
Key points
- Sitting in the grand settings of Number 11 Downing St, Kuenssberg pointed out the lavish interiors: Considering a formal apology doesn’t mean accepting that British people now should accept the financial liability for any party and things that happened hundreds of years ago, in which they had no role.
For almost 250 years (1560s-1807), British ships trafficked more than three million enslaved African men, women and children in a state policy backed by the monarchy and parliament.
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