MP Richard Drax has reported had a private meeting with Bajan PM Mia Amor Mottley
MP Richard Drax has reportedly had a private meeting with Bajan PM Mia Amor MottleyA CONSERVATIVE MP could be made to pay reparations for the slave trade by Barbados after first rejecting the calls for him to atone his family’s slave trade past.
The landmark report is reported to leave Mr Drax at the risk of legal action if an agreement on reparations is not made. “Drax is fabulously wealthy today. The Drax family is the central family in the whole story of enslavement in Barbados. They are the architects of slavery-based sugar production. They have a deep historical responsibility. The process has only just begun and we trust that we will be able to negotiate. If that doesn’t work, there are other methods, including litigation.
Mr Drax, 64, is understood to be worth up to £150m following his family’s ownership of the Drax Hall sugar plantation in Barbados spread across 621-acres.The Tory MP, who one described his ancestor’s dealings in the trans-Atlantic slave trade as “deeply, deeply regrettable”, was reported to be living a “Downtown Abbey lifestyle” and has an estate of 22.5 square miles of Dorset and a 17th-century mansion among his lustrous property portfolio.
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