Andy Burnham torn to shreds after King Charles humiliation

Andy Burnham has suffered fresh humiliation as King Charles refused to apologise for the UK’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. Marking the official opening of the leaders’ segment of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting with a speech, King Charles said the slave trade “fills my heart with horror and my soul with the most profound personal sorrow”. However, he did not issue an apology for Britain’s historic role in it. His speech came after the prime minister said he would be “open” to the possibility of the UK formally apologising for its role in slavery. However, he firmly ruled out financial reparations.

Also in his speech, King Charles highlighted how the British Royal Navy played a key part in bringing an end to the abhorrent slave trade.

Appearing on TalkTV with Steve Baker, broadcaster Rafe Heydel-Mankoo praised King Charles for his remarks, while also hitting out at Burnham.

“I thought His Majesty played a blinder. If only we heard such things from uh Andy Burnham,” Rafe said.

He acknowledged the monarch’s position as the King of the United Kingdom, but also as the head of Antigua and Barbuda as well as the Bahamas.

“He has to be mindful of those governments and of those people as well. And in addition, he’s head of the Commonwealth, of 56 nations. It’s not a hereditary position. He has to be very mindful not to cause too much controversy and alienate anybody,” Rafe mused.

“I thought he hit just the right note of acknowledging the evils of slavery. But how refreshing to finally hear someone in authority acknowledge the role that the Royal Navy played because whilst slavery is universal, slavery is thousands of years old.”

He continued: “What was unique about Britain was that Britain became the first power in the world to deliberately make itself poorer to achieve a moral good, and that’s by investing two per cent of GDP for 60 years in forcing an end to the slave trade on the high seas.”

Later in the interview, Rafe slammed Burnham once again as he was pressed on the announcement that the prime minister is considering handing over £40 million in aid and project funding for Caribbean nations.

“I don’t know whether it’s naive or what, but it seems to me that we have in Andy Burnham, a prime minister who is prioritising far-left progressive ideology and virtue signaling ahead of Britain’s national interest,” he fumed.

“Is he so naive as to think this is going to calm down the reparations activist? Does he think being open to the possibility of an apology or giving them 40 million when they’re looking for 14 trillion is going to calm those stormy waters?

“On the contrary, it’s only going to embolden them. They can see weakness. They can smell the blood in the Atlantic. And this is only going to make them even more rapacious.”