In which case Labour would face an election result, which would make the one the Conservatives are now facing, look pretty good, by comparison. (View Post)

Nobody is responsible for the actions of evil ancestors, not even you for yours. Nor does anyone inherit virtue, or victim status, from their ancestors. (View Post)

If a person feels guilt at the fact that their family fortune was based upon slavery, then the best thing they could do is to donate to organisations that combat modern human trafficking, rather than… (View Post)

Telling taxpayers they have to cough up twice the UK’s GDP so that a bunch of grifters can live in luxury would be a bold move on the part of any government. (View Post)

The masters ought to have compensated the slaves, as Thaddeus Stevens later suggested, in the USA. But that was politically impossible at the time. In effect, the slavers were paid a ransom. Waiting … (View Post)