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‘Profound anger’ among black voters over Kemi Badenoch’s slavery remarks

Global Published 6 November 2026, 18:00 · archived 6 Nov 2026

Operation Black Vote chair says Tory leader’s claim that Britain should not apologise has caused ‘hurt and disbelief’The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has caused “profound anger, hurt and disbelief” among many black voters with her comments about transatlantic slavery, according to the chair of Operation Black Vote (OBV), who urged the prime minister, Andy Burnham, to apologise for Britain’s involvement without delay.David Weaver, a former government adviser, said the Labour and Tory leaders risked alienating black voters with their handling of the issue of a state apology for slavery, w...

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