Dr Shashi Tharoor MP - Britain Does Owe Reparations

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In this Oxford debate recording released in 2015, Shashi Tharoor argues for the motion that Britain owes reparations for colonial rule. Taking India as his main example, he responds to the argument that railways were a benefit of colonial rule by asking whom they served and who bore the cost. He closes by separating whether a debt should be acknowledged from how much should be paid and to whom. He argues that acknowledging harm and apologizing have weight in their own right.