Boris Johnson compares slavery with Covid-19 in terms of reparations

BORIS JOHNSON: China gets away scot-free over Covid… but we face bizarre demands for slavery reparations because Starmer's foreign policy is about as robust as a tea-dunked hobnob. - DAILY MAIL.

There is a lot of talk at the moment in the UK about reparations for slavery. Slavery ended about 6-7 generations ago in the UK with the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 ending slavery in most of the British Empire. So this is very historical. But the countries affected are suggesting that they should receive financial compensation which overall might approach $15 TRILLION!! Impossible to pay as it is 3 times the value of the UK.

But in stark contrast no one has asked China to pay trillions of dollars of compensation to nations deeply affected in so many ways including huge financial loses. It is a known fact that Covid started in China either through carelessness at a wet market in Wuhan or more carelessness in a biolab in the same city. See global loses below the video which has been embedded from the Daily Mail website. It may not play in due course.

Global GDP Losses

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated that COVID-19 cost the global economy around $22 trillion between 2020 and 2025 due to lost output, slower growth, and lower investments.
• The World Bank projected a 5.2% contraction in global GDP in 2020, which was the deepest recession since World War II. Advanced economies shrank by an average of 7%, while developing economies contracted by about 2.5%.

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