| Slavery reparation 18:38 - Oct 24 with 208 views | johnlangy |
It's all the rage at the moment so I have a thought.
The idea would be that the UK government would fund this in whatever way it was agreed whether that be simply loads of money or development investment in those countries or whatever.
It's fair to say that very few people in the UK benefited from the slave trade when it existed. A small number of families made absolute fortunes while the vast bulk of the population got nothing out of it.
But then the government agreed to provide compensation to those slave owners to make up for their 'loss of earnings' from the vile trade when it was abolished.
So they borrowed £20 million to provide that compo and we have been paying back that debt for the last 200 years (until 2015). That £20 million, allowing for inflation, would now equate to £16/17 billion.
So rather than saying we should all pay reparation why not make those families pay it all back. Let's say £50 billion. Sounds a nice number to me.
And if it was argued that in some small way we all benefited from the trade then it could be said that we've already paid our dues because the £16/17 billion came out of ordinary peoples taxes. |  | | |  |
| Slavery reparation on 19:00 - Oct 24 with 175 views | Flashberryjack |
I wonder how much have we have already given to these countries in oversea aid ? |  |
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| Slavery reparation on 19:06 - Oct 24 with 169 views | raynor94 |
Glad to see Reeves has said there is no way we will be blackmailed into paying anything |  |
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| Slavery reparation on 19:35 - Oct 24 with 148 views | KeithHaynes |
Self made victims. |  |
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| Slavery reparation on 20:06 - Oct 24 with 135 views | Boundy |
Listening to Andrew Neil debating with a professor Kuhdi Andrew from Birmingham University I couldn't help laugh when the Proffesor said that the Arab slave trade wasn't considered as important as that of the Atlantic slave trade. Interesting conversation all the same
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| Slavery reparation on 20:42 - Oct 24 with 112 views | Flashberryjack |
| Slavery reparation on 19:06 - Oct 24 by raynor94 |
Glad to see Reeves has said there is no way we will be blackmailed into paying anything |
What she says and what she does, are two very different things | |
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| Slavery reparation on 21:47 - Oct 24 with 74 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| Slavery reparation on 20:42 - Oct 24 by Flashberryjack |
What she says and what she does, are two very different things |
Starmer vilified the Tories for record borrowing and record taxes.........watch this space! |  |
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| Slavery reparation on 22:09 - Oct 24 with 60 views | KeithHaynes |
Lots of people benefited, including the people at source. | |
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| Slavery reparation on 00:11 - Oct 25 with 20 views | DJack |
| Slavery reparation on 21:47 - Oct 24 by JACKMANANDBOY |
Starmer vilified the Tories for record borrowing and record taxes.........watch this space! |
The root of the problems which highlight the current state of the UK is down to 14 years Tory rule - they need vilifying. |  |
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