Politics · 3 hours ago
Kemi Badenoch dismisses PM's slavery apology talk as a distraction
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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch argued that Tony Blair's 2006 statement of "deep sorrow and regret" already covers it, so Britain needs no new apology. Prime Minister Andy Burnham wrote in the Guardian that he was "open" to calls for a formal state apology, but he again rejected reparations. Instead, he intends to lead an initiative to reorganise the debt of the most impoverished Commonwealth nations.
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