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..i do not think the right thing to do is reach back into history and seek out things that we should apologise for. the thing is we have apologised for certain things. we apologised for the great potato famine as part of the good friday agreement. we apologised when the mau mau in kenya sued the british government and won. so, we are capable of it. and also, i think in both of those cases, it led to healing, and i think the same can happen for indian history and african history. you say it leads to healing. what if it leads to resentment? i m very taken with something that s just happened in sheffield in the north of england, where the city council, which is a labour city council, lots of sort of progressive ideas within that council, it s just decided not to remove street names that, quote unquote, perpetuate racist or outdated messages because again quote of the strong feeling of residents who didn t want those traditional street names changed . i think when it comes to stre

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