So, is the Commonwealth conference in Samoa going to be dominated by the possibility that Britain will be asked to pay billions of pounds in reparations for the evils of the slave trade? It does rather look like it.
According to the BBC, the current text of the draft summit communique goes: “Heads [of government], noting calls for discussions on reparatory justice with regard to the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans and chattel enslavement… agreed that the time has come for a meaningful, truthful and respectful conversation towards forging a common future based on equity.”
