UK slavery reparations must be top issue at Commonwealth summit, says campaigner

Leaders cannot ignore support for reparations resolution this November, says St Vincent and Grenadines ex-PM What are reparations for slavery and colonialism – and will the UK pay? It is “inconceivable” that reparatory justice from Britain for the transatlantic trade of enslaved Africans will not be “front and centre” of the next Commonwealth leaders meeting, the former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines has said. Ralph Gonsalves was in Jamaica to discuss the next steps of the “aliv