Foreign Secretary David Lammy will cave and send hundreds of billions in reparations to the Caribbean, political commentator Emma Woolf has predicted.
It comes after it was revealed King Charles and Keir Starmer are readying themselves for a £200bn demand from 15 Caribbean governments, according to the Daily Mail.
The Prime Minister of Barbados told the United Nations that a ‘global reset’ is required on slavery and colonialism, and reparations are a part of that process.
Speaking on GB News, Woolf said she expects the Labour Government to accommodate demands.
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“Money doesn’t change the past”, she argued.
“It’s far more meaningful to acknowledge the past, learn from history and make positive changes for the future.
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“Every time we have one of these Commonwealth heads of state summit, there are demands for huge amounts of money. £200bn puts our fiscal black hole into the shade, doesn’t it?
“Presumably, we will end up giving billions and billions of pounds. Given that our Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been very vocal about this.
“He’s been very critical and talks about the ‘twisted lies’ of imperialism, the slaves stolen from homes in shackles, David Lammy actually supported the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol.
“He is also a descendant from enslaved families. King Charles has said that slavery is a conversation whose time has come. Absolutely, let’s have a conversation about it.
King Charles’s is facing another reparation demand
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“Let’s not try and erase it. Let’s not try and topple statues. Let’s teach our children about slavery and the wrongs of the past.”
Michael Walker from Novara Media was also speaking on GB News, but he felt paying countries affected slavery could be a positive development.
“Let’s try and make amends”, he said.
“That shouldn’t just be, ‘let’s make a transfer of £200bn’. But if it is some sort of development aid or some sort of arrangement whereby we say ‘one of the reasons we’re so rich is because we exploited you guys, therefore to try and make amends, let’s try and help you along your path’.”
But Woolf contested the point, arguing Britain is already shelling out significant amounts in foreign aid.
