Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave tradeThere is a British culture of celebrating the abolition of slavery without acknowledging that the country...
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Read MoreThe ‘bank is closed and the door is locked’, says Zia Yusuf as calls grow for compensation to remedy historical wrongsReform UK has said it would stop issuing visas to any person from a country which continues to demand...
Read MoreLinguists say reaction to Irish TD’s remarks reflects shared regional English roots and enduring impact of empireWhen the politician Thomas Gould rose to speak in the Irish parliament recently, few expected a lesson in colonial...
Read MoreBritish Museum, LondonThis retelling of Captain Cook’s death and the merging of two cultures is a trove of miraculously preserved wonders – but beware of the shark-toothed club!Relations between Britain and the Pacific kingdom...
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Read MoreDawn Butler leads calls for humanitarian visas and fee waivers for vulnerable relatives of UK nationals affected by stormBritish MPs have joined campaigners calling for more aid and humanitarian visas for Jamaicans to enter the...
Read MoreBertrice Pompe and Bernadette Dugasse won a brief victory in bid to stop transfer of Chagos Islands to Mauritius Two women who brought an 11th-hour legal challenge to try to stop the UK transferring sovereignty of the Chagos...
Read MoreFuture of Diego Garcia military base should be considered before handover to Mauritius signed off, No 10 saysThe UK government will not sign off a deal to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius until Donald Trump’s...
Read MoreCall 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...
Read MoreForeign secretary says status quo not sustainable as Tory MPs accuse Labour of giving away key assetDavid Lammy has hailed the decision to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as a deal to save a strategically important UK-US...
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