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Anglo-Saxons deserve reparations for the Norman Conquest

13 July 2019

9:00 AM

13 July 2019

9:00 AM

Restorative justice for the victims of colonialism is an idea whose time has come. A few years ago, the Indian diplomat Shashi Tharoor suggested Britain pay India compensation to atone for centuries of colonial rule. ‘I’d be quite happy if it was one pound a year for the next two hundred years,’ he said.

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