Efforts to make the British taxpayer fork out for so-called slavery ‘reparations’ should really have no legs. But wealthy leftist organisations are ensuring they have the means to campaign hard.
Among them, surely to almost no one’s surprise, is the Open Society Foundations, established by George Soros and now led by his son, Alex.
The foundation has provided “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to various groups seeking to claim reparations from Britain for slavery and colonialism, according to the Telegraph. These include organisations that are now considering international litigation.
Soros’ money has also gone to political figures who have spent years pushing for reparations, including $300,000 (€260,000+) in 2023 to Ghana’s foreign ministry while it was led by Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, now the secretary-general of the Commonwealth.
The Open Society Foundations has reportedly meanwhile given millions of dollars to groups that are allegedly tied to terrorism or extremist violence, as well as to groups—based in Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East—with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist networks.
Responding to reports, Conservative peer Daniel Hannan highlighted on Wednesday:
Britain signed treaties with African kingdoms to stop them trading slaves. It poured blood and treasure into enforcing them. It took on expensive colonies to build alternatives to slavery. So naturally, it is now being asked for reparations.
Author Henry von Blumenthal also jibed: “I’m all in favour of reparations as long as the amounts these African kingdoms pay us are affordable for them.”
A United Nations official has also previously told British officials that “sorry is not enough” when it comes to questions about the nation’s past.
Reform leader Nigel Farage has urged Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer not to “show weakness” when faced with calls to pay reparations, insisting that “we must stand firm.”
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
