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• R

  https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c53982 39je88o . Of course! An # apology costs nothing. # Reparations , on the other hand, would cost # money - & # Burnham isn't willing to part with that! The issue of # remedial # justice for the wrongs of Britain's imperial past plays NO part in his thinking at all.

  rmblaber1956@mastodon.socialMastodon11d ago2▲view on Mastodon ↗
• K

  The Great Reform Act in 1832 led to a reduction of pro slavery members replaced with a new cohort of more reform minded, middle-class MPs. The Council of London in 1102 was the first attempt to outlaw slavery within Britain. That was a clerical Court with no force of law but it was hugely influential. Quakers were also prominent as were many…

  Kubr1ckr/ukpolitics11d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
• J

  “If Caribbean countries are asking Britain for a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, will they also be asking the same of the descendants of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured, sold and profited from the trade?” she wrote in a social media post.<--Those African people, including her own ancestors…

  jonesmurphy@mastodon.socialMastodon10d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• E

  Honestly my favourite part of this debate is that the same people who want to see reparations for slavery are the exact same people who complain about affordability. I do honestly want to see some leader of a major nation actually pay commensurate reparations. How much is a lifetime of labor worth, compounded with 300 years of inflation, with 300…

  Ertai_87r/worldnews10d agoview on r/worldnews ↗
• D

  😡 Britain must "face up to the past". The British government has never formally apologised for slavery or offered to pay reparations # BlackMastodon # BlackBritain Burnham 'open' to calls for slavery apology but not reparations https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c53982 39je88o

  Diva2022@blacktwitter.ioMastodon11d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• L

  The slave owners demanded a ransom. Same slave owners who owned the land could have pulled a USA- independent slave state, and everyone would still have been in chains. That was understood at the time (1833- pre-Civil War). No one was happy paying their blood money, but over 10% of the entire population at the time in the UK signed petitions…

  logosobscurar/worldnews11d agoview on r/worldnews ↗
• A

  [UK[ PM to ask countries affected by UK’s role in slavery to help shape formal apology | Commonwealth summit | The Guardian https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/nov /02/andy-burnham-ask-countries-affected-uk-role-slavery-shape-formal-apology

  anathema_device@bne.socialMastodon8d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• H

  For example, the age of consent in England has been raised from 16 to 18 Do you. genuinely think thats a comparable argument or just using this as some sort of debating exercise? We're talking about generational wealth thats essentially been stolen from the families of slaves, and taken by slave owners. The effects are still being felt today. How…

  hybridtheoristr/ukpolitics11d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
• S

  [UK PM] Burnham opens door to formal apology for Britain’s slave trade | Slavery News | Al Jazeera https://www. aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/31/ burnham-opens-door-to-formal-apology-for-britains-slave-trade?traffic_source=rss

  servelan@newsie.socialMastodon11d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• T

  You start going down this route then you could also argue that the vast majority of the land in the UK was stolen from the general population. Up to half the land in the UK is owned by descendants of the Norman conquest, then there's huge areas of land that used to be owned communally by the local population that was effectively stolen by the…

  tradandtea123r/ukpolitics11d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
• F

  # BBCNews - UK PM plans debt re-set for Commonwealth nations as slavery apology talks begin https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c58jzn 1ve0kjo

  fulelo@journa.hostMastodon8d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• U

  A large percentage of that money is also not really going to the people who were victims of slavery or colonialism. It is being creamed off by the corrupt political class and the elites, who were the same class that helped the British or French to enable colonialism and slavery in the first place. The same thing would happen with any reparations…

  unaubisquer/ukpolitics11d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
• A

  Andy Burnham rejects reparations: https://www. theguardian.com/commentisfree/ 2026/oct/30/british-people-slave-trade-reparations-andy-burnham

  akareilly@hachyderm.ioMastodon11d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• P

  Err, I think not counting women skews it more. Excludes about 52% of the population right off the bat. Then look at the other qualifiers. Over 21 did indeed cut a lot of people out. There's an argument for it to be lowered to 16 today, but even then disenfranchising 18-20 year olds cuts out a huge portion of the population that can vote now. Then…

  PeterBeardsleysWrapr/ukpolitics9d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
• U

  https://www. europesays.com/us/1155509/ Burnham 'open' to calls for slavery apology but not reparations – BBC # News # World

  us@pubeurope.comMastodon11d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• A

  Snapshot of PM plans debt re-set for Commonwealth nations as slavery apology talks begin submitted by Kagedeah: An archived version can be found here or here. or here If the above links don't work, try this one . Some publications may require you to register a free account to read their articles. Being connected to a VPN may interfere with archive…

  AutoModeratorr/ukpolitics9d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
• B

  # BBC # News # Politics PM plans debt re-set for Commonwealth nations as slavery apology talks begin

  BBC@c.imMastodon9d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• I

  Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the UK happened to outlaw slavery and actively enforce its dismantling globally, at the EXACT same moment that it began churning out machinery and tools onto said globe that directly competed with slave labour, at an alarmingly massive and profitable scale. I don’t want to…

  ikbenhoogalsneukenr/worldnews4d agoview on r/worldnews ↗
• B

  # BBC # News Burnham 'open' to calls for slavery apology but not reparations

  BBC@c.imMastodon11d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• A

  No no no no no Look slavery was absolutey abhorrent i am ashamed we participated it - like pretty much every civilisation ever did. But they are not after an apology they are after a payout, and if you apologise, they're not going to say thanks for that we appreciate it, let's drop the matter and move on with a clean slate. No they are going to…

  arbelitinor/ukpolitics11d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
• E

  Apologising for someone else's actions is silly. Britain is a country, not a singular person. If I do something wrong then I apologise. If my great-great-great grandmother did something wrong it is a matter of history, nothing more. Look back in your own country's history, or even your personal lineage, and you will find plenty of wrongs. You will…

  ElectroNettyr/worldnews9d agoview on r/worldnews ↗
• F

  We’ve already apologised and quite frankly we spent a lot of money and effort stopping the slave trade. To act like we were the only people doing this is crazy they’ll just keep asking for reparations because too many people on this country will twist themselves silly trying to do the “right” thing.

  Fortree_Loverr/ukpolitics11d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
• Z

  Anybody also asking Oman, Saudi or Sudan for reparations/apologies too or..? Perhaps intra-African reparations/apologies from tribes who sold members of other tribes after war? Of course not. This isn’t about slavery or justice it’s about continuing the campaign of anti-western normalisation.

  zomoyer/worldnews6d agoview on r/worldnews ↗
• M

  And that is highly illegal under British law. Modern slavery is not facilitated by the state and, frankly, occurs predominantly in migrant communities. Now compare that to the Middle East or Africa where the state is either facilitating it or engaging in it. Not comparable.

  madeleineannr/ukpolitics11d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗