Guyana's president calls for 'meaningful' apology over slavery after meeting Boris Johnson
In a recent visit to the Caribbean, the Earl and Countess of Wessex faced anti-colonial protesters who demanded apologies and reparations for the role the UK played in the transatlantic slave trade.
A meaningful apology eh? Could run something like this -
We apologise for this apology Mr President, but please stop playing the race card and absorb some of the complexities of history or just f*ck off.
Not really an apology I suppose, but appropriate I think.
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When you've done some research, Mr President, let us know. You can then thank us for the 17000 lost members of the West Africa Squadron.
I apologise for the actions of our ancestors. How many people do you want taking back to Africa?
Will you also be seeking an apology and reparations from the descendents of the many black African slave traders who were at it long before the British and who defied the British edict to stop doing it?
Tell 'em they're not getting any more Foreign Aid because it's just evidence of the white patriarchy at work, claiming superiority over the sons of Ham. Also, we're going to cut off their supplies of cocaine.
Here in the US we've been paying reparations continuously ever since 1865 and I suspect the case is not much different for the UK. There's a good case to be made that the Black Tax has been heavily overpaid and that it's about time for them to s*** t** f*** up.
Or "not another penny".
Yup - no more cash from us from now on!
Ungrateful bunch there!
Jannie - good point but he probably knows nothing about West Africa Squadron and is just another grifter.
DJ and Tammly - his ancestors could well have been slave owners too, somewhere in the family tree.
dearieme - that's the way to do it. The Foreign Aid probably disappears anyway.
Anon - I suppose they'll use it as long as it seems to work which often feels as if it could be forever.
James - that's it, we should stop dancing to this tune.
Scrobs - and it was nothing to do with people alive today anyway.
Why isn't "WAA" a standard internet term?
(i.e. What An Arse.)
On the other hand it wasn't so long ago that we wondered how many MPs were on the payroll of the Warsaw Pact. Now we are invited to worry about this shabby fellow. It's an improvement, isn't it?
oops! Comment above was meant for the thread above.
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