The question of reparations has periodically bubbled over the past 23 years since a Labour minister first asked the prime minister to apologize to descendants of slaves.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, March 15, 2023.Britain’s wealthiest slave traders
A Labour spokesperson said Ribeiro-Addy’s call was not a party policy, but party leader Sir Keir Starmer did not respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment by time of publication. "The reality is that Britain was the world's leader in stamping out slavery and fighting it across the world, including on the high seas, and invested a huge amount of money, manpower and military might in suppressing the slave trade. So, this idea of in the U.K. paying reparations is utterly ridiculous.
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