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A British MP is targeted by a reparations demand over Caribbean slavery.

Barbados wants to nationalise a sugar plantation owned by Richard Drax, a wealthy member of parliament for the Conservative Party and descendant of a family of colonists enriched by the slave trade on the island.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/12/30/british-mp-targeted-by-reparations-demand-over-caribbean-slavery_6009757_4.html

#UK #Slavery #Reparations #RichardDrax

British MP targeted by reparations demand over Caribbean slavery

Barbados wants to nationalize a sugar plantation owned by Richard Drax, a wealthy member of the British Conservative Party and descendant of a family of colonists enriched by the slave trade on the island.

Le Monde
Dec 31, 2022 at 12:31pmWeb
Show threadJuggling With EggsDec 31, 2022
@TheEuropeanNetwork I grew up in #Dorset - home to the #Drax Estate. It’s circled by a miserable long wall that cars frequently crash into. Richard Drax before becoming a #Tory MP was a local journalist (BBC South Today). He and his family are still the beneficiaries of wealth derived from slavery. How many decedents of the slaves his family exploited are privately educated, living in a country pile with a safe seat in Parliament, using tax loopholes to maintain their wealth?
Show threadJuggling With EggsDec 31, 2022
@TheEuropeanNetwork further potted history on Richard Drax and the sugar plantations that his family grew wealthy on from the exploitation of slaves: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/12/hes-the-mp-with-the-downton-abbey-lifestyle-but-the-shadow-of-slavery-hangs-over-the-gilded-life-of-richard-drax
He's the MP with the Downton Abbey lifestyle. But the shadow of slavery hangs over the gilded life of Richard Drax

The hardline Tory Brexiter’s family made a fortune from their Caribbean plantations where thousands died. Now he faces urgent calls for reparations

The Guardian
Show threadThe Old Reading RoomDec 31, 2022
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Excellent
Show threadLaura Sykes #GreeneraliaDec 31, 2022
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Long overdue, surely!
I'm amazed that Drax has been able to hold on for so long...
Show threadSteampunk_ProfDec 31, 2022
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From a personal perspective : Good!