News Round-Up
28 April 2025
by Toby Young
Here Comes the Politics of Kindness
28 April 2025
by Will Jones
The Church of England has pledged to give away £100 million of money meant for parishes as 'slavery reparations'. A new Policy Exchange report by Tony Sewell, Nigel Biggar and others explains why this is so wrong.
The campaign to save Benin bronzes in the world's museums was unexpectedly boosted in Zurich last week when a descendant of those enslaved by the African kingdom stood up and demanded the bloody truth be acknowledged.
Keir Starmer is preparing to give ground on slavery reparations as he attends a Commonwealth summit amid demands from Commonwealth nations for payments of up to £18 trillion.
The Church of England has committed to paying £1bn in slavery reparations. But the case for doing so is historical nonsense, say Robert Tombs and Lawrence Goldman. The Church never made any money from the slave trade.
In all the mindless clamour to shame Britain into paying eye-watering 'reparations' for slavery, it is forgotten that Britain had to force Africa to give up its slaving ways. Peter Harris tells the untold story.
Slavery and colonialism did not make Britain rich, and may even have made the nation poorer, a new study from the Institute of Economic Affairs has found.
Guy de la Bédoyère welcomes Dr. Jenny Bulstrode's absurd claim that Britain didn't abolish the slave trade and the subsequent onslaught from her academic colleagues. These academic disputes add to the gaiety of the nation.
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