‘Britain must acknowledge complicated history’: PM Burnham signals possible apology for UK’s role in slave trade
The UK could issue its first apology for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham stressing the need for Britain to acknowledge its “complicated history” to safeguard the Commonwealth, a grouping of 56 independent nations that evolved from the British Empire.
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