UK Foreign Secretary Says Slavery Reparations Are 'Not Feasible' but Hints at a Formal Apology Next Year
At the Commonwealth summit in Antigua, Prime Minister Andy Burnham floated a debt reset for the poorest member countries.
By Watchman Report staff ·
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said it was "not feasible" for Britain to pay reparations for slavery, telling the BBC in an interview aired Wednesday, "It's not the right answer. It's not practical," Euronews reported. He said Britain could issue a formal apology for its role in the slave trade by the G20 summit it hosts in Manchester next November, answering "Broadly speaking, yes," but insisted an apology would not lead to compensation.
At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda, Prime Minister Andy Burnham floated a "debt reset" plan for the poorest Commonwealth countries that could alter interest rates on repayments. "We do not support reparations," he said.
King Charles III, opening the summit, called slavery a "monstrous injustice" that "still casts a shadow over these islands," but stopped short of apologizing and stressed Britain's role in abolishing it, Euronews reported.
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