Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he is "open" to the possibility of the UK issuing a formal apology for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, but has ruled out considering financial reparations.
asserted
UK → publish → reparations
Burham said he wanted a "dialogue with those affected by the slave trade" and was open to "calls for an apology".
asserted
he → say → apology
He dismissed the idea of paying financial reparations, saying they were "not the right answer".
asserted
they → dismiss → reparations
The comments come ahead of a Commonwealth leaders summit in the Caribbean next week, which Burnham will attend.
asserted
Burnham → come → which
Caribbean nations have renewed calls for the UK to apologise for its role in the slave trade, and for reparations, as King Charles III tours the region.
asserted
III → renew → region
Burham described the transatlantic slave trade, when Africans were trafficked to the Americas, as a "brutal and barbaric violation" and said Britain must "face up to the past".
asserted
Britain → describe → past
The British government has never formally apologised for slavery or offered to pay reparations.
asserted
government → apologise → reparations
Burnham has stuck with the policy of his predecessors, and has stopped short of offering any consideration of reparation payments.
asserted
Burnham → stick → payments
"I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous, that happened in a different age under different laws and in which they played no personal part," Burnham wrote in his piece for the Guardian, external.
asserted
Burnham → think → Guardian
He said Commonwealth countries had for years been asking for an "honest conversation".
asserted
countries → say → conversation
Burnham said he wanted to offer a "structured dialogue" adding: "Listening to calls for a formal apology on behalf of the British state will form an important part of this process.
asserted
Listening → say → process
A government source told the BBC this was "morally the right thing to do".
asserted
this → tell → BBC
Downing Street believes it is in the UK's interest to strengthen the Commonwealth, in a world where China and Russia are seeking to exert influence.
asserted
China → believe → influence
Only this week, President Vladimir Putin hosted a Russia-Africa summit in Moscow.
asserted
Putin → host → Moscow
Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley, who has sought reparations, welcomed Burnham's statement, saying she would engage in good faith while still seeking reparatory justice.
asserted
she → seek → justice
Denis O'Brien, founder of The Repair Campaign, said Burnham's statement was disappointing and did not go far enough.
asserted
statement → say → Campaign
"The British Government must stop obfuscating and give a full and formal apology now.
asserted
Government → stop → apology
This would be a significant and symbolic first step towards reparatory justice," he said.
asserted
he → say → justice
Britain had a key role in ending the trade, through Parliament's passage of a law to abolish slavery in 1833.
asserted
Britain → have → 1833
As part of that law, British plantation owners were paid for the loss of their slaves.
asserted
owners → pay → slaves
The UK only finished paying off the debt it incurred to cover the payments in 2015.
asserted
it → finish → 2015
The Aporia
