Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation

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1. Rich persons family did shady things by todays standards but was perfectly legal at the time, the government want him to pay reparations but also want his land to build houses for poor people on the island, I think the Barbados government are doing the right thing here, buy his land for houses at market rate which is the norm then pursue the reparations as a separate matter.

   I also think he was right not to mention it in interests until after probate, it technically wasn’t his until then, there’s no indication (in the article) he was trying to hide it in any way, just waiting for legal proceedings to finish.

   I hate the Tories as much as anyone but this seems to be a stretch.

2. The Guardian and its parent company Scott Trust were founded in 1821 by disgruntled former slave owners and cotton traders in order to spread anti-British propaganda after Britain abolished slavery.

3. Sorry, has he done anything wrong?

   No? Ok.

   Fuck the Guardian. Leftist shitrag.

4. I’ve gotta admit I’m conflicted.

   On the one hand, I dislike Tories, zero seats and all.

   On the other hand, I do kind of like our civilisation, which kind of relies on things like not punishing someone for someone else’s sins, not punishing people for crimes committed before a law was passed and the whole being even handed with the application of law (the silence for many aspects of the slave trade including those that currently exist make this uneven).

   I’d be curious of how the weighting of ancestors’ morals would calculate. If it wasn’t so evil, I’d be in favour of it for when the shoe is on the other foot.

5. Can we please not import the bullshit ‘every white person is a slave owner and every black person is a slave in 2024’ mental illness from America please. Can we reserve the outrage for actual slave owners that still exist.

6. > The Conservative MP under fire for his ancestors’ role

   Lmao what

7. So what?! It was ages ago. Anyone caring about this needs to calm down.

8. So that’s why the Tories keep importing all the cheap labour. They’re just kicking off the family business

9. I bet it’s drax I thought before clicking, yup! Another of his progenitors was the inspiration for drax the bond baddie…

10. >in line for a multimillion-pound payout from the Barbados government.

    Man receives money in exchange for property. Stop the presses.

11. can we please institute a minimum 6 months/1 year account age for comments lol? this thread is insane

12. In other words, he’s selling some land that belongs to him and receives money in exchange. I don’t really see the issue.

13. It’s The Guardian; it will be sanctimonious and wrong.