I've been in politics for a quarter century. It's hard to express how staggering it is to see a conversation like this on corporate US media. The Morning Joe panel gobsmacked by the directness of @AbdulElSayed's points.
(clip via @DropSiteNews)
@LizWolfeReason If the majority of Christians do not recognise “love your neighbour” as their theology then they need to read the Gospels more often.
Also, the teachings of Christ are not meant to be “palatable” - again see the Gospel for details
@BijanOmrani@seatrout@ITattum He is saying he opposes reparations, while continuing his support for Spire, which he has always said is not reparations.
@RupertLowe10 “A Restore Britain Government” 😂😂😂😂
Honestly it’s one guy with a Twitter account - and the polls clearly show that.
Never going to happen so we can all safely ignore these mad tweets.
@gavmarten@LBC@aljhlester Fact check:
Tony Blair didn’t formally apologise on behalf of the British state.
The C of E is not the government!
Caribbean nations ARE calling for apologies from all former colonial powers who oversaw the slave trade - inc Portugal, France, etc… Google it.
This is not adult conduct. A member of parliament should not be so uneducated in history. A member of parliament should not be allowed to conflate reparations for slavery as "anti-white bullshit".
Vile and unparliamentary.
@HoCStandards@ipsaUK@raymonddelauney@eben_dw
@Katie_Lam_MP The PM has explicitly celebrated Britain’s role in ending slavery. He’s also acknowledging that we enslaved millions of people and profited from it for centuries.
It’s you that is rewriting history, and I think we all know why.