Sir Trevor Phillips, who is taking over Sky New's Sunday politics, could be among thousands of descendants of slaves forced to work on the Gladstone plantation in line for reparations.
's Sunday politics show this weekend, has a close interest in the visit to Guyana by the descendants of William Gladstone.
The Demerara Rebellion of August 1823, against the brutal conditions on Gladstone's sugar plantations, was seen as a pivotal event in the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. The 200th anniversary of the revolt was marked last week. Nor is he expecting any reparations windfall to be life-changing. 'I wouldn't over-estimate the significance of the money. Guyana is about to become the richest small country in the world anyway because it has discovered oil reserves greater than in the North Sea.'
Sharing an image of the invitation to 'Mrs Schama', he writes: 'Very offended they didn't call me Ms Schama.' That's the spirit.The model marked her 53rd birthday by sharing a video online of her posing in a check-print bikini while on holiday in Greece. He's known as one of Hollywood's greatest lotharios — but Warren Beatty was a tiresome sex pest, according to Sarah Miles, who appeared opposite him in 1961 film The Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone.
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