Rishi Sunak refuses to apologise for Britain's slavery record
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- The UK prime minister has said he will not apologise for Britain's record on slavery because 'trying to unpick our history' is not the right approach.
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The Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy asked Sunak to give a 'full and meaningful apology' and commit to reparatory justice.
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as an african man, I believe an apology does nothing or changes nothing. The sins of the father aren't the sins of the son.
I'm a Ghanaian, I wanna ask her if they will pay the British for fighting to end slavery?????? Ne kwasia!
Same as it is Africa which did sell his sons as slaves to the British
these nations primary source of wealth was these atrocities so even if they didn’t commit the crimes they still benefit from it and live off of it.
But son get the inheritance as heirs...... If u own their wealth why not their apologies and some shame 😂😂😂😂
@@aakash3071because we only stoped paying off out debt for freeing all British slaves in 2015. Because our country lead the crusade against slavery and is the only reason it was ridden from Europe and the Americas
Let's spend our energy on ending the slavery that still exists.
Which would still includes Africans.
@@phoenixgaruda5223 Africa needs to do more to end slavery.
@@stephenkane1074 Explain
@@phoenixgaruda5223 Google
In Africa by Africans.
Why would he apologise for something he didn’t do?
His apology would be on the behalf of the British government, who he serves as the primary representative and who provably committed all of the accused atrocities and more.
@@bloodfiredrake7259he was on the receiving side of British colonialism
@@varunpatil599
how
he was born in Britain to parents who were born in Africa
their parents were born in India
@@varunpatil599 Not him Personally
@@bloodfiredrake7259 Then maybe Spain and every other african nation should apologize too because fellow africans cant keep acting like we didnt enslave our enemies
Africans and Indians in the British parliament arguing about slavery is the most 21st century thing ever
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African asking apology from Indian origin British for enslaving her ancestors
@@akhripasta2670😂most of us are going to need apologies
@@akhripasta2670 The Sheedis black Indians of African descent are descended from African slaves.
😂😂 UK is done and they are free from this and both scammers will fight
The fact that a woman MP with African heritage is asking the PM who has Indian heritage, shows that there is no need to apologise. I wonder what slavers and ordinary folk from 200 years ago would make of that exchange if they could be transported to 200 years in the future.
Spot on
Maybe they'll feel ashamed🤣
she is the one who needs to appologise, Africans were the enslavers afterall
They would think its a nightmare
That pm has Stockholm Syndrome
On behalf if everyone I apologise to everyone for everything. Job done.
Get elected first…
Apologies offend me... you may now apologise for apologising then you can apologise for that apology too... and that one too... and that one too... 🤔
OK no problem. Don't do that stuff again
Thanks. Now send cash too.
Hallelujah everyone Dee Jay saved the planet.
Apology wont change anything. Also, how can Rishi be held accountable, when his mother country was in the same boat. Actions speak louder than words.
and what would his mother country be?
@@veggiesupreme3556 India
This dude has nothing to do with India, other than his wife. He doesn't even speak Hindi. He is a Brit.
@@Kitxne bro the man was born in the UK and went to Winchester College. He’s probably more British than you or I. His parents were born in Kenya. He’s a long way from being from India
Apology and action will change things. If you don't apologize it means you don't regret it. Simple.
He's an indian apologising to a woman who is mixed race about an issue that didn't happen in either of their lifetimes 😂😂😂 the left are on another planet.
will africa also apologize for enslaving their own or is this only the UK ?
Just the uk
Leave it to brits to use whataboutism XD
They won't, because they have no shame to do so
Some already have look it up
Yes unfortunately it is only in the UK, did I answer your questions darling?
Considering all the terrible atrocities that have occurred in Africa over the last few decades by the various African governments, I never once heard an apology.
Give examples
@@chideraalexanderdex547 By deflecting the subject , you implictly admit that they owe apology
@@mddi1420 I simply asked for examples of this claim of atrocities by African governments
@@chideraalexanderdex547 idi amin of Uganda
@@JohnWick_897 who was overthrown by neighboring African countries and banished from the continent
Next
Why must we constantly apologize for something we had no part of.
Yet Africa and the Middle East still have slaves.
Yep. And It’s the exact same with imperialism too. Certain countries/ethnicities get a pass on imperialism it seems while others don’t.
For once...just for once in my entire life, I agree with Rishi Sunak
Becoz he is brown ...you don't support him?
@@eshankashyap5169 I am brown sir, but I am not a racist...
She was there to bait him and to force him on a guilt trip for something his own ancestors never did. That lady exemplifies extreme insanity among those in the professional victim-hood industry. Now, suppose Sunak did offer an apology on behalf of the government, then what? When people demand a personal apology from me at work or in society for the most b/s of reasons, I always say: "I sure can apologize to you. I WON'T MEAN IT at all on my part." I'll simply do it to get you to stop stealing my oxygen; in the way others avoid (or swat away) gnats or mosquitoes in the air. Cheers.
@@eshankashyap5169 So you support him just because he is brown ? How about that black woman there ? Will you support her ? And other Asian - yeallow team ?
Cuz you are Indian
All nations have been involved in slavery, many african nations themselves were complicit! Can we as a country not be proud that we were actually the first to outlaw slavery and then actively policed the seas to counter it?
Since when are we responsible for the 'sins of our fathers'? This was 200 years ago!!
You clearly don't understand how the actions of the past have so affected generations thereafter. Even up to the 1960s when my folks immigrated here. Try sitting with a group of elderly Caribbean migrants to this country then see if you still think the way you do
@@gregorysmith2304 You could make that statement about any country though. Eventually the responsibility falls on you personally and not historical injustices.
@@gregorysmith2304 the Windrush generation were never asked nor invited to come.
"The sins of the father are yours to bear, forever. So tow the line and bend the f**King knee."
"Sam Harris-Making Sense" podcast, 2020.
@@TheAArmstrong black people have taken much and received little. My parents were paid less than their white counterparts in the 1950 60s any compensation for that no?. Equality and diversity is about trying to level up for groups affected. Imagine a fence is built its 6ft tall. It wasnt intentionally built that way, for years people try and look over it, for years those over 6ft paid no attention to this wall why? Cos they could always look over it but what if your 5.5ft never able to look over that wall, until someone gave you a ladder. Society is like that unequal and their are groups that require help and assistance to level up
Fun fact, Black Barbary pirates used to capture Cornish fisherman for use as slaves, this was happening even after Britain gave two fingers to the world and outlawed the trading in slaves.
@lg8000 and your point is? Are you systematically discriminated against even now for it? Are you more likely to be u employed, or live in sub stantial housing, less likely to be promoted to a senior position at your work place. Are their words in the dictionary that are forever synominised derogatorarily to your race like blackmail, black guard, blacklie. You just dont understand cos you have never thought to ask
@L G we will send you some pasties
They weren't Black, lol.
well, I'm am a descendant of those black Barbary pirates, I can assure you that the first time I saw a Black guy was when I visited France
they were arab
She should apologize for wasting everyone's time.
Exactly and making us suffer her presence.
😂
As an Italian, I apologize for having invaded Britain.🗿
Thats a nice apology but as a briton you have no need to be sorry for something that happened centuries ago, I don't suppose you were there at the time?
@@darrenfirth3458 yeah, I was joking because of how absurd it is
Yeah I had a feeling you were being sarcastic (just wasn't sure)😂
Thank you for doing so; we wouldn’t have roads otherwise.
I'll let you off this once 😂😂😂
It's not an apology she wants. its capitulation.
not even that, its money they want and to grind us under their feet.
Yep very true. One step at a time.
@King Dice should have made money without free labor and they would have never been a problem
You don’t know that unless you managed to somehow gain access to her thoughts.
I bet in the year 2100, there will still be some black people asking for an apology from people who didn't anything
Africa has slaves in their own country right now, if you cared that much why not tackle the issues in the present instead of asking for an apology of people who have nothing to do with it? Yes the history is bad and should not have happened but this is not solving anything, how many people have to say sorry time and time again when they did nothing? Edit: Yes africa is not a country and i know that, worded it wrong.
Cuz white people
Not to mention China, Pakistan, UAE, North Korea etc.
If they actually wanted to "Deal with slavery" they'd move out of their warm offices and into a nation of poverty... But that would mean doing something just and honourable so we can't have that.
Agreed.
Yhey wer selling there own people into slavery well before Europeans arrived.have a go at there history instead of Britain's.move on.stop blaming other countries.for slavery wen it started in there own country first.
Also i find it hilarious that they asked a PM with indian heritage to apologize for what we did considering how badly we also treated india lol.
As a Indian, I apologize to Britons for taking over the English cuisine, and make it more Indian. Curry place every corner like it’s a quintessential English pub. 😂
We will never forgive you for making our food delicious
What food did india had take ?? Curry is not even used in india. Every Indian food is copied by England 😂. Just few days ago, i learned curry is a paste lol.
How could you do this to us
Remind me what’s your National Dish once again ? 😂
yummy
Props to Sunak for this. Simple and clear answer
The fact they refuse to acknowledge that the majority of slaves throughout history weren’t even black tells you all you need to know about their cause
Citation needed.
@@oxymoron02 history and an understanding of the global population.
You woudnt dare talk like that to a Small Hat..Facts
@callum mcintyre so you don't have a citation
@@oxymoron02 This is common knowledge. Do a google search and stop being lazy.
I’m black and this was ridiculous, what’s an apology gonna do?😂
The question says more about her. It's a way of raising her personal profile nothing more.
exactly, its not gonna do anything
Nothing at all lol. If the people who harmed my family generations ago aren't alive then the apology just doesn't work.
It means the countries pillaged then have a legal standing they can pursue.
It starts the process for reparations.
Never apologise for something you dident do, this is redicilous
The apology is meant to be on behalf of the British government. Einstein!
@@akshaymanta55present British government has never been involved in slavery. They have nothing to apologize for
@@akshaymanta55 THIS British government weren't alive at the time of slavery, neither was I. No apology. No reparations.
@@bobuh I understand your point but if you ever come across even an iota of the literature of the kind of depredations the erstwhile British Govt. made us go through you'd understand that it's one's duty as a compassionate human being to at the very least tender an apology without bruising one's ego.
I'm only saying it because if the shoe was on the other side we as a Nation would've done it on humanitarian grounds.
I'm only saying this because the atrocities were unimaginable if only one manges to read about it one would quite naturally feel an obligation to apologize as a concentious human being.
@@Andrew-tx9jy I understand your point but if you ever come across even an iota of the literature of the kind of depredations the erstwhile British Govt. made us go through you'd understand that it's one's duty as a compassionate human being to at the very least tender an apology without bruising one's ego.
I'm only saying it because if the shoe was on the other side we as a Nation would've done it on humanitarian grounds.
I'm only saying this because the atrocities were unimaginable if only one manges to read about it one would quite naturally feel an obligation to apologize as a concentious human being.
Why should people who weren't even alive during periods of slavery apologise to people who weren't even affected by it???
They don’t want an apology, they want money.
Not that anyone can apologise for whatever acts were commuted 300 years ago. It’s like asking the Italians for reparations.
If apologies are wanted the thanks should be given. Sort of cancels each other out.
Say that to a Small Hat and get cancelled !
Excuse me? Britain was a colonial power as recent as the 90s! And still is a colonial power!
Thanks for what?
So it's just a massive coincidence that most places colonised by Europeans are still poor today?
@@mildlydispleased3221 So Australia, USA Canada, NZ, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Malta, Cyprus?
The African sold their own people to the slavers 😂
That's a news from history 😅
As an Argentinian I apologize for providing shelter to Austrian Painter
I thought he died in Germany, though
@@Adeon55 not you whole world believe that.
@@Adeon55as a human, I apologise for the human whom told you that
Austrian painter.
I shouldn't worry too much about, there are many, many, who still love that chap, they're not German though, I'm sure we may have some on here.
😂😂😂
As a man of African descent. I don’t need an apology
I demand you ask an apology from folks in Africa that did bad stuff.
As a Portuguese person I demand Spain apologises for invading and ruling Portugal for 60 years . Or the Romans who also invaded us ….. Or the Anglo Saxons …. Or the moors ….. Just saying 🤔
I’m in front of you for the Roman and Viking reparations 😂
Learn the difference between invading and enslaving.
As a Portuguese person you could well look at your own country's grim history!
@@matthewlynas5089 I’m very proud of my country . 🇵🇹❤️💚💛
@@marks497 I’m from the north of Portugal so we also had the Viking’s invasion . And the French invaded us too . 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
If these people do get reparations they should pay taxpayers back who actually paid slaves owner’s off for their losses which we didn’t finish paying until 2015.
Your comment makes no sense.
starts soon ;)))
Wouldn’t that be like going around in a circle and punishing descendants of slaves again a second time?
It's remarkable that in your brain this somehow made sense.
@@ddhh1270 in the early 1800's when britain abolished slavery and britons would die fighting in the seas to free slaves from ships, the UK took out a huge loan to free all slaves from their masters. This huge debt was being paid year after year, up until 2015 when it was finally paid. meaning many adults of the uk of today paid towards ending slavery.
South Africa is having daily blackouts due to government incompetence and here we are apologising for giving people a better chance at life where there's guaranteed energy every day
Every nation has been enslaved in one way or another. You learn and better yourself as a nation which England did after the Romans
Truth be told, I don’t seem to like Rishi Sunak much but he seems to be right on this one:-
1. The apology won’t erase or change history.
2. Rishi is an Indian origin “Brit” and the apology in question won’t carry any weight because these atrocities were not perpetrated by his forefathers.
3. Notwithstanding, the sons don’t carry the sins of the fathers.
4. There are more pressing matters to attend to.
Why should he apologise .This happened hundreds of years ago It would never be allowed now and any one alive now had nothing to do with it .
Coz they want monies
German tax payers were still paying off war reparations in the 2000s despite no taxpayer having committed these atrocities, we inherit our nation’s wealth and conscience
I know, for exemple as a frenchman born in the 80s why should I say thank you to any englishman for wwii?
You were not there fighting, therefore I owe you nothing.
When he said “society” I felt that.
I'm unsure what the lady is saying.
I can't find a definition of 'aks',
Anyone have any suggestions?
You cannot apologise for something that you have not done only issue a regret for what was done centuries ago....if reparation is needed then go to the Africans who sold Africans to the Traders.....to the point of supply. This is all about money and money grabbing.
Feel free to prove your claim.
@@oxymoron02 It’s well documented history, feel free to pick up a book sometime. Or not, I hear ignorance is bliss and the racial gravy train is doing you lot wonders.
@@oxymoron02 It's pretty common knowledge
@@oxymoron02 if you need proving to that african tribes enslaved eachother and sold eachother then im sorry buddy, your historians have failed you. Watch a 20 minute documentary and enlighten yourself.
@@oxymoron02 pay money to every black person you see walking on the street the next day and say its "reparations for slavery"
As a person of 50% German Decent I give apologies for all the wars etc, etc. as a person of 50% Irish decent up yours we were the first slaves of the English.
How about I give you some compensation then you can hand it straight back??
St Patrick tried to stop you Irish but you kept on enslaving us!
Yes but Irish pirates enslaved the British look at Saint Patrick.
@@TheAArmstrong 🤣🤣
Apology wont change anything, whats happened has happened. Best thing is to learn from this and prevent such things from happening in future.
Then why did everyone else get an apology. Oh right. They got reparations. Sunak isn't even white. He should not even be asked. Where's the king
The idea that people must apologise or even pay compensation to other people in the present for the historical actions of people in the past is ridiculous.
What is ridiculous 🙄 is due to historical actions. People in the present have benefited financially and socially for generations to generations.
Then removed all the natural resources and placing countries they enslaved in a debt that is impossible to pay 😑
The government must apologise, not Rishi Sunak personally apologising 😂
@@mahmoudeltayeb2771 The goverment didn't do it either, they weren't born then.
@@Andrew-tx9jy nobody is saying that the current elected government is responsible, they should apologise on behalf of previous administrations, the current British state was born hundred of years ago, this is why the government apologises on behalf of its predecessors
@@mahmoudeltayeb2771 Let us make this simple. No responsibility = no apology. Why apologise for something you didn't do? Oh and there will be NO reparations either, the current people will not pay for something they didn't do either. Where would such nonsense end? Italy apologising to us for the Romans? France apologising to us for the Normans? Africa apologising to us for the people invading from the Rift valley? Ludicrous. Unlike some people we have got over things and learned not to blame others who are not responsible for ALL our ills. .
British taxpayer has paid there debts. I will not hear anything about this no more... You dont like our society and want to keep playing victim. You should leave.
Indeed
Rare but yes I agree with Rishi
Of course you do!
@BeautifulWhiteRace thief’s
@BeautifulWhiteRace bro u could have said why should he apologies for something his ancestors did
@BeautifulWhiteRace ur argument is kinda invalid
@BeautifulWhiteRace i didn't say it's completely inval8f however he is blaming your people for what they did in india
I mean, does Africa itself really want to compare record with Britain? Are you really sure that it does?
If I was her, I'd ask for a salad instead..
Bruh recession so high in West EU, I doubt anyone will provide you that for free lol
It is a fact of history that Britain repented of its slavery and released all the slaves. You cannot apologise for what other people did, or it reinforces the lie of guilt by association. Why should we apologise for something other people did, when the people who did it repented, and freed all the slaves?
After benefiting from it
@@nathanielmorrisson6666 So where do you draw the line. Forgiving the people who outlawed and worked to get rid of (but also benefited from) slavery, or 2 generations later or 4 generations later or 6 generations later or 8-10 generations later (where we are now) or do you blame people another 10 generations from now for the sins of their great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather's?
@@theodorebaker3399 I think you are missing the point.
The reason British are apologising is because they are relatively less powerful than they were when all of this happened.
It is simply a symptom of transition of power
@@johnlove2954 Rishi didn't apologize, this entire comment section is arguing wether or not he should of.
@@johnlove2954 As someone else said, you cannot apologise for something you didn't do, only regret it happened and make promises for the future.
1807 slavery was abolished in the UK, you do realise that was a very long time ago and no one alive today went through it.
No that's when the act was passed, but the practice still continued.
Stop being a Karen, Karen.
@@hugolewis4896 I can't find anything that says slavery continued in the UK after it was abolished? Do you mean in other places? The UK was the first to abolish slavery we don't have to account for other countries.
@@hugolewis4896 The british actually used to pay the african zulu tribes to release slaves and gave the ex slaves better lives in the UK. The british taxpayer didn't pay the debt up until 2013 😂
Britain still benefits from the financial gains it obtained from slavery
As a Portuguese person, I apologize......for something
portugal used to be one of the bbiggest world looters and had exploited colonies everywhere but now potugal is one of the poorest countries in the world
You Portuguese guys always apologise even for the air you breathe (said in a loving, lighthearted way).
@@drinkwater9891 It is not one of the poorest countries in the world.
@@worldmilitarystats well one of the poorest in europe, i think everyones favourite ronaldo is probably their entire economy and sometimes people from the uk might visit portugal instead of spain for sunny holidays
Vasco da Gamma was a pirate and a colonizer
Asking the son of people colonized for an apology for colonization? Nice one
A recent newspaper report on this MPs comment demonstrates the inaccuracy of such nonsense on reparations. Great Britain abolished slavery and policed the seas to implement that decision. West African states promoted slavery from within and particularly in the Bight of Biafra were, by admission, much involved and British administration did all in their power, often against the wishes of the Igbo and the middlemen, Arachuku, to prevent the horrific trade. The Portugese continued long after abolition, the Spanish and others; when have I heard any voices raised against their recorded history of slavery? The Nilotic and North African people were and in cases still are, unashamedly, brutal motivators and beneficiaries of slaving. No reparations and it would behove the black MP to turn her attention to Africa, of which I doubt she has any first-hand experience. Sunak is absolutely correct in his response.
Slavery was uneconomic in the end ,all that sanctimonious stuff was added later to suit the times.
@@jrobertsoneff You are so wrong.
Read some history on the subject.
@@jacobreisser8034 he can’t read, too busy eating crayons
Well said Matthew👏
Do we as British get repatriation for the slaves taken by the Barbary corsairs? I doubt it.
I’m not sorry for something somebody did hundreds of years ago.
Shouldnt Africans also apologise for African slavery by her logic. I mean these slaves were in fact sold by rich Africans?
they have no coherent argument so they bring out the half a century old racism card while forgetting that the person they are asking an apology comes from a descent that was itself colonized and enslaved by the country in which they were having this non sensical debate.
First time I’ve ever heard Sunak directly answer a question! Although saying he doesn’t want to “hide from Britain’s past” yet doesn’t want to “unpick history” doesn’t make much sense, slight contradiction!
Would Sanook speak like that to the Small Hats
that's a false equivalence
@@chris5201 is it? Please explain…
@@chris5201 he either wants to acknowledge Britain’s horrific deeds of the past or he doesn’t, sounds like he saying he doesn’t want to hide from it until it gets to a stage where it makes him feel uncomfortable.
Us Brits have nothing to apologise for and he knows it
As a black person I think these “apologies” make no sense at all
they want an apology so they can take it as a legal admission of guilt, then push for reparations.
I’m half Irish and half English so I guess my dad owes my mum a apology 😂this is so ridiculous
My mother ws half_Irish and half-English so my granfather should have apologized to my grandmother and viceversa for Irish pirates enslaving British slaves like Saint Patrick.
An apology on behalf of people hundreds of years ago is completely meaningless.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY! DON'T LET THEIR EMOTIONAL ARGUMENTS FOOL YOU
He's not the one that should apologize. And you know why.
She should apologize to rishi sunak for personally colonizing Rishi Sunak himself from 1858 to 1947.
Rishi, your response is making your ancestors dance with joy in their graves...
Sunak should request Labour recognises and acknowledges the preventative measures of the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron...
Many of those sailors died trying to abolish slavery, it's amazing how certain people like the woman in this video can warp historical fact.
@@Jim90117 The expenditure on the squadron also cancelled out any previous profit on slavery...
Why should he apologise. That is history and not of today and that is where it belongs. Stop bringing up the past and get on with the business of the world we live in today. This type of thing takes up too much time. Please leave the past in the past and concentrate on the future. Today will be history tomorrow.
You sound like someone who didn't have to live the consequences from the colonization of your country
@@ZeroHero00001 you sound as if Britain was the only country colonising others countries
I agree, for example why as a frenchman should I show any gratitude to the UK for ww2? You didn't fight there. As you said, the past is in the past.
Why does she asking a man with indian heritage to apologize for someone else's descendants' crimes?
The Prime Minister has Indian ancestry and his people were also enslaved, it makes no sense for him to make an apology. Yes slavery is a very dark chapter in the past but no one today is responsible for what happened in the past. King Charles is being asked to apologize for slavery, something that happened even before he was born. You don't punish someone just because their ancestors were criminals. This isn't North Korea where you punish three generations for the crime of one. Slavery was utterly shameful but the Prime Minister owes no one an apology for slavery
Everyone’s people have been enslaved at one point in history
Mister sunak comes from a wealthy family who worked in the imperial administration.
Be careful with racializing visions.
no one is responsible for the actions of their "race" or clan. Each person is responsible for their own actions.
The action of parents, brothers, children, cousins or other members of his race is in no way legitimate for a person to apologize.
Human beings are individual entities endowed with free will. no one is a prisoner of his race or social group.
ASKED.... NOT AXED.... bruh
It’s SO strange isn’t it 😂
Thank you I hoped someone else would call that out
Yall never hung out with anyone of west indies descent or are you just racists?
@@overheadavi1234its something that a load of people do everywhere, it's not relegated to one culture group.
But sure EVERYTHING is about race these days for the professionally offended huh?
@@NiskaMagnusson you're literally correcting someone on their pronunciation of a word, unable to realise that not everyone pronounces words the same way as you. No one even knows you g 😭
We'll never move forward as long a people dwell in the past
The past is what shaped the present. And the future is built upon ongoing facts, from the present.
Little do you know about the current exploitation of Africa, the French sphere of influence over the continent and most importantly the civil wars caused by the evil mark of imperialism.
@Ebany Dwayne no the exploitation of others at the hands the evil "west" is known throughout history continuing to cry about being its victims is counter productive. We always talk about how the Europeans take from others but never mention the people in our own communities that will sell each other out for a profit.
U cannot speak for victims and the legacy that remains. 400 years of slavery doesn’t wipe away so easily. We will continue to fight regardless of what people say.
@@ebanydwayne1357you're living in a bubble
@@vaughanbrowne5504 And we will keep saying no.
As a bulgarian,I apologize for waging war against every balkan nation and having two empires.
Doesn't Turkey owe you an apology.
As an American with Italian decent, I apologize for taking over all of Europe, parts of Africa, and the middle east.
I forgive you.. any chance I can have some money off you though please 😂
Italians in USA was classified as non-white and was treated badly in past
Sorry ,I'm a labour voter, but I am sick to the back teeth of this never ending moaning from a certain section of our coloured breathen about the evils of slavery and in particular about Britain's role in it. I also sick of the call for repatriations. We of the present and future generation, owe nothing to the descendants of slaves. For Gods sake give it a rest.
The next Dianne Abbott. Sorry I should vote Labour but wont while shes an MP..
@@wobkgs although i dont agree with dianne abbott clumsy article she david lammy, bernie grant are veteran pioneers who have challenged the status quo to bring about change for black people. If you knew anything about the plight of black and asian communites in this country you wouldnt be so quick to dismiss her
what nonsense is this? Ask the head of state for an apology. I’d be amazed if Charles has not already done so many times.
Suprise charles hasn't done the knee
I’m so proud of the Prime Minister.
Eweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
@realorfake-1
Hush your fuss, Grand Pa. La la la la la la Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:)
An African lady who has done well for herself here is demanding from an Indian gentlemen who has also done well for himself that us Britains apologize ... this really is the twilight zone
as a Indian we want the apology that will show the world it happed because i can bet british students dont even have a word of colonised era in their history
As a korean true and same
The brits are living in a colony now. 😂
Ok, I'm British so i'll bite, I'm sorry Britain colonised India before either of us were born. We should have left you alone. Ok now what?
Britain didn't invade or coloniese India. The Indian rulers gave us India and supervised from there on. There were also plenty of Indian colonial cheifs. You conquered each other then gave us control. 😅
@@overwatch17 There's nothing to be proud of there.
Well, well, well short and simple. He could have done more by reminding her and all about the many apologies made by the government and by the monarch and it seems that every generation needs another. Those are the results of perpetual victims. I agree with the prime Minister.
This was a very strong message that should begin resonating throughout the entire world. Apologies are done! Well done PM
Sunak is to be compliment on his response.
Rare, but i agree with Rishi.
Excellent display of courage and clear thinking from PM Sunak 👏👏
There are now 67 foreign national MPs in the commons that is the biggest apology any country ever made about it's foreign policies of two centuries back. This is the only time the PM said anything that makes sense. 😮
As a Brazilian Citizen i do apologize for people who lived here in horrible conditions:Slavery. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😔🌎
Redemption of ham
LoL.
Don't apologise u didn't do it
What people don’t generally know is that Brazil received the vast majority of African slaves, some 60%, second was the Caribbean and last at 9% was the American south.
@@dg1006what about USA and Arabs?
Whether he apologises or not, will it change the history? 😂
This sort of time wasting is the ultimate reason for the country's downfall.
Quite right too. These people need to learn about their own history first. Go and seek apologies from Nigeria, Ghana and Benin first.
Living in the past, what's the point ?
Do they thank the west for the progress of medicine and the doubled and tripled life expectancy in africa ? It is has some value, no ? how much is worth ?
As a Chinese, the importance is to improve our life no matter what race you are, rather stir frying the past none stop.
First time I agree with Rishi, we have waaaaay more urgent issues to deal with than talking about the history of this country.
I am so glad he refused to apologise. Nobody living today has anything to apologise for. CRT has infected our society and tried to enforce guilt and reparations from innocent people. Reparations is a scam.
Indeed, they just want easy cash.
A lot of this country’s wealth is derived from the exploitation of colonial subjects, infrastructure such as bridges funded by this money.
If I took £20 off of you and gave it to a random passer-by who accepted it without knowing it was stolen, should that person then give you back your £20 when you ask for it with proof it was yours?
@@vigfhfc you got it!
The thing is, the aggressor forgets, and the victim does not.
No one is the aggressor or victim here that's the issue.
Italy should apologize for the Empire of Rome, make it so...
Even after 200 years? oh dear.
@@kittyroo9294 You’re still living off the profits
@@loveulez delusional
What he refused was reparations because that’s the qualifier of her call for an apology anyway. The “meaningful apology” wouldn’t be meaningful if reparations didn’t come with it.
It's sounds so wired to ask a Prime Minister of Indian descent to apologize for historical slavery by the white population in the UK against the black community, not to mention that India was once colonized by Britain.
Financial reparations?! Last time I check, these former slaves were still all dead.
They're children aren't.
But what is there to apologise for ,this women is just a provocateur.
Why you asking him lol. He's an Indian. ASK THE FREAKING ROYAL FAMILY TO APOLOGIZES !!!!
Did the royals today ever own slaves?
❤ building a strong united future is better than dwelling on the past… Bravo!
As an Indian, On behalf of Britain.... I would apologize to
Absolutely NOBODY
( McGregor walks )
Is that an admission that our current society isn't inclusive or tolerant of other backgrounds? Guess that's a first step, could go further and sack your home secretary as the logical next step
Why apologise, we haven’t done anything wrong. It happens in past. Making sure it never happens again. It’s history,so many mistakes have been made in past,learn n move on.
It still happens - where? In Africa.
@@matthewlynas5089 that’s a problem in Africa then not the UK. Take a look at the map…
It's not even a mistake, that's how human history was until the european enlightenment. So weird to see people using values invented in the West to denigrate the West.
Wwii is in the past, therefore as a frenchman I don't owe any gratitude towards the UK.
Why do I have to say sorry for something I didn’t do to a person it didn’t happen to. If we go down this path I want an apology from the Roman’s, Vikings, celts, Saxon, franks and on and on
I agree, this current uk generation owes nothing to former colonies/ countries where they took slaves. Simply because they are not the ones who did it.
Following the same reasoning, France owes nothing to the UK for wwii.
Slavery has been in every country, so how about we all just call it quits 😂 it's pathetic, why look backwards, we should be aiming for the future!
We were also the first to abolish slavery, no one wants to mention that.😊
But that is simply incorrect, the UK abolished slavery domestically in 1807, Haiti had abolished slavery in 1804 and numerous US states had as well in the years prior along with a number of countries that no longer exist. Furthermore, slavery in the British empire, which Britian still controlled and administered, was not abolished until 1833, after Greece, Uruguay, Bolivia, the Netherlands, France and Spain. If you're going to spout jingoism, at least be correct:)
You still traded plenty with former colonies which relied heavily on slavery 😂 thats hypocrisy
People don’t mention that because no matter how much you wish it was, it’s not true.
U dont get to take credit for the atrocity u committed in the first place
@@kshitizsiwakoti6982 lol I’m not saying that but, we shouldn’t be held accountable for the sins of our fathers. I won’t feel bad for something I never took part in 👍
You want us to apologize and pay for reparations for what people did to you 200+yrs ago , that have nothing to do with us . 🙄
To who? Pretty sure all the former slaves are dead.
Yes 😂 I want money for what the romans and Vikings did 😢
@@marks497 same 😢 the Romans definately didn’t take us out of our dirt huts though 😔
@@mistwastaken4155 I coulda been a contender if my great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather’s great grandfather hadn’t had his land taken by those pesky Romans
Why is an Indian descent man asked to apologise for something he did not do? Rishi Sunaks own ancestral home has not received an apology and that is in living history, same time as ww2!! This is a mockery of the Brown Community and these people think they can push people around and get their way. Rishi should NEVER apologize if any apology is given then it should be a white person doing it and an apology should then be extended to India also.
Why is a Indian man who's family is from Africa pm in the first place ?
@@aurockscastillo5460 He's Indian descent first like Obama was president of usa an Indian descent who is BRITISH has every right to equality here.
You should put an african in charge of your home country in the middle east!
the whole thing becomes ridiculous though
he is the British Pm
so she thinks as representing Britain he should apologise on behalf of Britain
he is British
but as you say he is of Indian descent
so should he apologise on behalf of India that they had slavery which the British abolished
it should be a white person
just because they are white they might be an Immigrant to Britain so how would they be more responsible than him because they are white
if a white British person apologised on behalf of Britian how is that better they personally may not have had any ancestory who were involved with it, their ancestors may have been apart of the abolishment movement
you can't absolve guilt and put guilt on people simply for colour ...
his ancestors may have benefitted from slavery in India
she might be a descent of en slaved people but she may also be descendants of enslavers
who is going to decide who owes what
who should pay and so on
she said reperations
would she be receiving that?
then what contribute to compensating other countries that were enslaved, colonised and so on
would families who lost people fighting against slavery get compensation
what about indentured servants
it makes more sense to tackle more recent and on going issues
use the principle that people weren't treated fairly to make sure that people on the lower run so to speak still have a safe decent and dignified life and opportunities and such
How can you become an MP without being able to pronounce ask?
They would blame me for something my great great great great great great great great great great great grandad did . Get with the times and stop gun and k ife crime in the uk !!!
Well done, Prime Minister