Mau Mau

[Svejk]

Compensation and an apology?
I'd be very interested to hear the views of any ABers who were there. Whichever side you were on.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22790037

[Zeuhl]

Well if you think any of the victims from of brutality in 1066 or the roman invasion are still around to receive compensation as these kenyan victims are your grip on history is really suspect

[DTCwordfan]

well the Germans can cough up for what they did to our prisoners, the Jews and also the collateral damage in our cities....

Honestly.........makes you weep.

My great-great-great-great-great grandfather was a slave - can I claim compensation for what Britain did to him in 1726. Yours, Ebeneezer Sneezer...

[jim360]

The Times reported that this £14 million was to be divided up between about 5,000 people and also fund a memorial. That's, what - about £2,500 each? Not exactly the biggest hit the UK has taken. And, given what it's clear we put some of these Kenyans through, far less than they probably deserve. I hope this draws a line under what the British in Kenya did during that uprising.

[Svejk]

/// I hope this draws a line under what the British in Kenya did during that uprising. ///

Not a hope,Jim. The floodgates are open.

[jim360]

Perhaps -- though there have been worse floodgates opened, in my opinion. This would seem to be the floodgates to us "doing the right thing" finally.

[neil42]

How about compensation for the farmers and their families who were butchered.i bet they don't get anything .