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Britain should not issue apology over slave trade, says Kemi Badenoch
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian Politics is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 1 Nov 2026, 11:26 UTC. The headline in use is “Britain should not issue apology over slave trade, says Kemi Badenoch”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Tory leader says apology would be ‘navel-gazing distraction’ and would be used as lever for financial compensation Kemi Badenoch has said an apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade would be a “navel-gazing distraction”, describing slavery as an evil “in which people from every continent and region participated”.
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Britain should not issue apology over slave trade, says Kemi Badenoch
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