Viewpoint: Why Britain does not owe reparations to India
At the end of May, the Oxford Union held a debate on the motion "This house believes Britain owes reparations to her former colonies". Speakers included Indian politician and writer Shashi Tharoor and British historian John MacKenzie. Mr Tharoor's argument in support of the motion has found favour among many Indians, where the subject of colonial exploitation remains a sore topic. Here, Professor
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Iraq: The spies who fooled the world
The lies of two Iraqi spies were central to the claim - at the heart of the UK and US decision to go to war in Iraq - that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. But even before the fighting started, intelligence from highly-placed sources was available suggesting he did not, Panorama has learned. Six months before the invasion, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair warned the country about
53% of Britons think Iraq invasion was wrong, poll shows
More than half the British public believe the decision to invade Iraq was wrong and more than a fifth believe Tony Blair should be tried as a war criminal, according to a poll conducted to mark the 10th anniversary of the conflict. A majority (56%) of the public believe the war has increased the risk of a terrorist attack on Britain. More than half, (53%), of those questioned think the invasion wa
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Mother 'brainwashed' over home birth dies - Telegraph
Following the delivery, in the early hours of August 1 2010, Ms Kacary tried to deliver the placenta, a standard midwife’s task. But Mr Teague said he was unhappy at the way the removal was performed, telling the inquest that he watched it being “ripped out” of his wife in an “aggressive manner”. He said: “I was anxious when Rosie started to pull the placenta out. She pulled the cord six or seven
UK to deploy rape investigation squad to war zones
The UK is setting up a special rapid deployment unit to collect evidence on mass rape used as a weapon during global conflicts, as part of a broader initiative to be launched on Tuesday to combat sexual war crimes of the kind seen in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, central Africa, and now in Syria. The team of experts being created by the Foreign Office will be drawn from a pool of British police,
Britain destroyed records of colonial crimes
Thousands of documents detailing some of the most shameful acts and crimes committed during the final years of the British empire were systematically destroyed to prevent them falling into the hands of post-independence governments, an official review has concluded. Those papers that survived the purge were flown discreetly to Britain where they were hidden for 50 years in a secret Foreign Office
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