Representatives of Gambia, Ghana and Lesotho have called for reparations to be made, as have indigenous leaders from Australia, New Zealand, The Bahamas and Canada. Jamaica's sports minister, Olivia Grange, said in 2021: "Our African ancestors were forcibly removed from their home and suffered unparalleled atrocities to carry out forced labour to the benefit of the British Empire. For the most part though, the response of the British state has been stonewalling at best and outright denial at worst. The Commonwealth, too, is starting to look like it could soon be consigned to the dustbin of history. The sun may finally be setting on the British Empire but the Prime Minister, it appears, is not willing to risk alienating those prepared to rage against the dying of the light.

Source: The Herald October 20, 2024 08:37 UTC