News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
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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