Should Britain Pay for Its Slavery-Related Past? | Good Morning Britain

[@patcharaboonsomnuek4600]

I agree with Big Sis PM...I never heard UK/France/Ameica...say SORRY...to what they'd done to other countries...

[@markyewsyy8014]

As africa siad sorry for enslaving white man since the 1500 before British enslaved a black man baebary pirates

[@dr.mobarakali255]

Reparations, Apology, Compensation, JUSTICE!

[@blesseddc5093]

Begging? Blaming others for failure? No wonder such countries get no respect. Look at Asian countries that were colonised. Instead of giving excuses they have gone on to be successful. Barbados got independence in 1966. So what have they achieved? High crime rate, depending on tourists for income. Even as minorities in the US, UK etc you wont find Asians doing badly and blaming it on discrimination.

[@dr.mobarakali255]

@@blesseddc5093 YOU CONVENIENTLY OR NAIVELY EVADE OR MISUNDERSTOOD THE PRINCIPLE OF JUSTICE!

[@blesseddc5093]

@@dr.mobarakali255 many countries have injustices commited against them. But they go on to build up their own countries. But there is this race that can only beg blame. Chased out the white man and then now look to China. Singapore got independence in 1965 and is way ahead Barbados because they look to the future. There was high crime rate, slums, poor amenities, gangs etc but Lee Kuan Yew transformed it. Why isnt there one black country who can do that whether in the Caribbean or Africa? Your mindset holds you back.

[@kshitizsharma2955]

absolutely. I totally agree with Mia motley on this one as well. Spot on.

[@johanan62]

We are desperately in need of more motleys in this world today in order to see any meaningful changes

[@cuprashoe]

Why not earn a living and not expect constant handouts?

[@KnewYawkPapi]

Agreed. These folks are talking about handouts where the world we see today is a reflection of “stolen hands” and benefits from it.

[@armstronglaborde]

​@@cuprashoeyou are ignorant of the fact that the wealth you enjoy and the standard of living experienced by these countries are due to the exploitation of the resources of others both material and human and in the process they went a about trying to destroy the minds of those people. By giving repatriation it helps to reduce the time taken for the development of the people to be on an scale as the others who didn't have to go through that ordeal. What we are experiencing presently is individuals making efforts with the necessary support to succeed. But as a people and nations affected we are still way off the mark. Those successful many times have to dance to the beat of the colonisers drum.

[@dwaynecadoo880]

PM you are doing an awesome job we are bless to have you at this point in our journey ❤

[@Westindiangyal1111]

Britain has stripped the west Indies of so much riches. They took so much from British Guiana (Guyana) They stripped us of diamonds, good abd so much more.

[@neptuneatlantic4883]

Smart lady

[@Godisgoodall]

THE SAME IS GO ON IN PORTUGAL 🇵🇹 ANGOLA'S! MOCAMBIQUE!!! SO MUCH CORRUPTION THOSE LIDAS!!! THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS HELP!

[@nehemiah473]

I am officially adopting this lady as my auntie

[@amargogi]

Ofcourse. Not only slavery. They need to be forced to pay for their destruction of other countries.

[@yolandabradshaw2834]

She’s my new shero❤🙌🏾💯

[@ryanwilliams9289]

Tony Blair DID NOT APOLOGISE, he said he regret it. Thats NOT an apology, say sorry that's an apology.

[@Westindiangyal1111]

He did not cause slavery. It was way before his time. Saying he regret is a start.

[@ryanwilliams9289]

@carribgirl007 I never said he caused it. German leaders after the holocaust did not cause it, but the country still said sorry.

[@Westindiangyal1111]

@@ryanwilliams9289 saying you regret something is the same as being sorry. He did not have to say anything at all.

[@ryanwilliams9289]

@carribgirl007 it's not the same. Sorry is sorry, regret is regret. Would you say the same to a Jewish person? Or just Africans and their decendants.

[@Westindiangyal1111]

@@ryanwilliams9289 you would have to ask him that question.

[@amargogi]

With 10% compound interest.

[@bahibrahim1906]

Mia, we love in Africa.

[@Jenny-e4v]

Kate , stop interrupting guests. Let them answer

[@amargogi]

Yes they should pay

[@brianmorecombe2726]

And pay to who? Wheres the money going to end up? Into the hands of more wrongdoers? I think so.

[@briandegoede4483]

Thomas Sowell goes into great detail about this worldwide phenomenon. In my view the World Bank and ImF debt in Africa and Carribean needs to be written off and no further loans taken as the compounded interest is a problem. communities are in need of healing and cooperation. welfare never settles these issues

[@robertguildford]

1) It was a moral wrong, it was not a criminal wrong in its day. 2) Would you make African pay for the enslavement in the first instance. 3) Is a child responsible for his forebears perceived crime? 4) How much overseas aid have Caribbean countries been given by the Uk since independants?? Questions that were never tabled

[@twolanelife7656]

Pay the Reparations. Then, pay the descendants of those Union Soldiers, White and Black that fought to free the slaves.

[@allyomeally-watson3285]

Are you saying, let’s pay reparations to those that commit atrocities, then when it suits them reverse their actions? We should praise the UK for fighting to free the people that they enslaved? Really!

[@twolanelife7656]

@allyomeally-watson3285 Impoverished white people, that did not own slaves, fought against impoverished white people, that did not own slaves, so that slaves could be free. Most of our ancestors did not free themselves. People, who for the most part had no care nor affection for Black slaves, killed their own kinsmen, so that slaves could be free. They were forced to fight to the death, just as our ancestors were forced to work to their death. Both situations are beyond comprehension, as it relates to human's inhumanity, against each other, but had Americans not fought to death to end the confederacy, slavery would've continued unchallenged, just as the enslavement of Africans has continued, "TO THIS DAY." All one has to do is to research Slavery in modern day Africa. It's still going on. I don't know why slavery of the black man has so quietly persisted, from the building of the pyramids, to this day, without much outrage...from Black people. White folks killed each other, to stop the enslavement of Black people. History is still waiting for Black People to systematically abolish the enslaving of black people.

[@nomasontomodisakeng-sb9sr]

​@@twolanelife7656largely true but slavery isn't a Black thing... it's something almost all humans are guilty of... and Blacks didn't build the pyramids it was Semitic peoples... also slavery exists in sections of North-West Africa not Africa.... there's a big difference 😊 some of the slavery in Africa is because of Western neo colonialism and neo imperialism such as France... so there's much nuance here... people have genuine grievances on all sides

[@efremteenagebento6701]

Yes❤🎉🎉

[@calliehazlewood2710]

U tell them..

[@allandickman774]

No never😲

[@ackeem12345]

At least relax visa rules if not give money.

[@Jenny-e4v]

Uk should pay for its role in Cruelty

[@Jenny-e4v]

Caribbeans language was changed to English. Where are my ancestors,? Which country in Africa? . What about my culture, and traditions? Everything has been changed.. Then racism was left behind

[@ThomasWright-jw6eo]

Barbados should return all its institutions, education, democracy, economic developments, roads, and architecture back to Britain first............

[@brianmorecombe2726]

No way.Get over it.

[@julie15957]

She's cool.

[@blesseddc5093]

Just blame others for all your failures. Is that why a certain rave never gets ahead whether as a minority, immigrant or even majority in countries they run?

[@clivistonelewis8806]

The Honourable Lady put her in hee place,Love it😅

[@tristanab6578]

Well how about Singapore? Why they are more prosperous than other? I guess its easy to blame UK

[@vicferrmat4492]

Speak in sentences so we can understand what you are saying.

[@tristanab6578]

@@vicferrmat4492 and its writing in english not speaking learn the difference 🤭

[@leobvenzen8565]

Did england not enslaved Afrikans for centuries? Did england upon ending the enslavement of Afrikans, not pay repararions to the enslavers for loss of their property (enslaved Afrikans/their labor), and not to the enslaved Afrikans who had done All the work that enriched said enslavers? England i.e., the british empire is to blame and should be held accountable to the fullest degree for that horrific inhumane barbaric period in its history!! And, yes they most certainlu should pay, heavily, reparations, including money to the descendants of said enslaved Afrikans, including compound interest!!!

[@nkb3072]

The British were the perpetrators. Today's RF are living off the spoils gained from actions of Brits soldiers in the past

[@faithinnature147]

She’s literally one of the most well respected public speakers in the world. Your statement says far more about you, than her.

[@faithinnature147]

The ignorance on this post is staggering.

[@markyewsyy8014]

Is africa going to give British reparations because babary pirate enslaved white man before British enslaved a black man witch they bought of a black king

[@nomasontomodisakeng-sb9sr]

If you want it... why not

[@uphett2379]

No no no.

[@Jenny-e4v]

Yes,

[@brianmorecombe2726]

@@Jenny-e4v No no no.We`re paying zilch.