Gladstone’s dependants have apologised and will make a donation to a Foundation in Guyana. It’s hard to believe but it was only in 2015 that, according to the Treasury, British taxpayers finished ‘paying off’ the debt which the British government incurred in order to compensate British slave owners in 1835 because of the abolition of slavery. So we are not talking about ancient history or the Romans here! The families that benefitted from slavery and still do so today should be able to come to a correct decision without coercion. Perhaps they might like to make a payment to the treasury to compared to some extent the money hard working tax payers under went for 200 years!. The anti-woke mob dislike the full history of the great country houses stuffed with treasures that dot the British Landscape. Whilst revelling in the history of the Empire they wish to avoid any comments about slavery and the many misdemeanours that the Empire inflicted on others. Slavery and the holocaust are 2 of the greatest examples of man’s inhumanity to man in relatively modern times. Stalin and Pol Pot could be added to list along with, some would argue, Churchill for refusing to help those starving
What did Churchill say about the famine in India?
In a 1942 memo, he wrote, “I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.” He also stated, “The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.” His government also refused to send aid to India, despite pleas from Indian leaders and British officials on the ground.