Call from head of Caribbean reparations body comes as Bahamas foreign minister claims UK PM will change his positionUK politics live – latest updatesBritain has a legal and moral case to answer over its historical role in slavery, the chair of the Caribbean’s slavery reparation commission has said, as Keir Starmer continues to reject calls to put the issue on the agenda at the Commonwealth summit.Responding to the British prime minister’s insistence to “look forward” rather than have “very long endless discussions about reparations on the past” when he meets 55 other country leaders on Friday, the distinguished Caribbean historian Sir Hilary Beckles, who chairs the Caribbean governments’ reparations body, articulated the region’s call to British government and institutions to “engage in a compassionate, intergenerational strategy to support postcolonial reconstruction”. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/24/keir-starmer-urged-to-engage-on-reparations-at-commonwealth-summit
Author : Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent
Publish date : 2024-10-24 10:55:49
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Keir Starmer urged to ‘engage’ on reparations at Commonwealth summit
