Andy Burnham: British people can’t be made to pay for the wrongs of slavery – but we must confront our complicated history

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• 7112@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This…

  Some have called for financial reparations for the slave trade. I do not believe that is the right answer. I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous, that happened in a different age under different laws and in which they played no personal part.

  Then this…

  Today, debt-servicing costs in the poorest and most vulnerable countries are at their highest in more than 25 years. More than 40% of these countries spend more on interest repayments than on health. I want to launch a new drive on debt, working with our global partners to help those countries repay over a longer time period and with better rates. That is why the chancellor, foreign secretary and I have asked Gordon Brown, who will join us at the Chogm, to help with this work.

  We shouldn’t be held liable to the debts of our ancectors but they should…

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  • Seimhe@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Damn. We spotted.

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