Labour backbenchers accuse Keir Starmer of ‘colonial mindset’
by Donna Ferguson from World news | The Guardian on (#6RS9Y)
Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Diane Abbott and Clive Lewis criticise PM over reluctance to discuss reparations for slave trade
Three prominent Labour backbenchers have accused Keir Starmer of an insulting" and colonial mindset" over his reluctance to discuss reparations for the transatlantic slave trade.
Ahead of a summit of the Commonwealth heads of government in Samoa last week, the prime minister rejected calls to discuss reparations with Caribbean and African nations, with No 10 insisting it was not on the agenda".
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