David Lammy Says Reparations Need Not Be Financial

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said any conversations about reparations for the slave trade need to be about the future rather than the “transfer of cash.” Lammy was speaking in Nigeria to sign a “strategic partnership” covering economic ties, national security and the climate, as part of his first visit to Africa in the role. Before becoming foreign secretary, the Labour MP for Tottenham had indicated his support for the highly controversial idea of reparations on numerous occasions. In the wake of Commonwealth leaders signing a letter calling for talks on reparations for African and Caribbean nations affected by the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Lammy said concentrating on money was a “simplistic press debate.”...