'Never!' Nigel Farage says Starmer 'can not show weakness' on slavery reparations - 'We must stand firm'

Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 24/10/2024

- 13:22

Starmer has rejected calls for slavery reparations ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa

Nigel Farage has strongly rejected calls for slavery reparations, urging Sir Keir Starmer to show no weakness on the issue.

Speaking to GB News,the Reform UK leader said: "No, no, never."

Farage argued that considering reparations could open a Pandora's box of historical claims.

He questioned where such demands would end, asked: "Do you go for reparations against the African black slave traders who sold the slaves to us in the first place?"

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