UK minister harangued by Caribbean PM over slavery reparations

By David Wilcock, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 06:38 EDT, 23 October 2024 | Updated: 07:10 EDT, 23 October 2024 A UK minister has been harangued to her face over slavery reparations by a Caribbean Prime Minister and told Britain must atone for ‘the enduring impact of centuries of exploitation’. Philip Davis, the Bahamas PM, told Baroness Jenny Chapman that the region’s former British colonies were ‘united in our demand for justice’ during a visit to the island nation. The UK is resisting efforts to have the issue of financial reparations debated at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa later this week. No10 has insisted that Britain will make no payments and offer no new apology for actions carried out centuries ago at the event, which will be attended by Sir Keir Starmer and the King. According to the Bahamas government, PM Davis told an event in Nassau, where he posed for pictures with the peer, that ‘the horrors of slavery left a deep generational wound in communities and the fight for reparations is far from over’. ‘The call for repreparations is not simply about financial compensation. It is not about financial compensation,’ he said.  ‘It...