Chameleon Magazine

 💷🔥Sir Lenny Henry says Britain owes Black Britons reparations for the wealth wrung from centuries of slavery — and you know what? Scotland’s listening. Because if we’re finally opening the national tab for historical injustices, Scotland’s been waiting in line for 300 years with a receipt the size of the M8.

Before Westminster sold us the dream of the “United Kingdom,” we were a proud (and occasionally broke) nation. Then came the Acts of Union, a deal that looked good on parchment and turned rotten in practice. A handful of landowners got rich; the rest of us got “representation” that looked suspiciously like taxation without transformation.

💰 The North Remembers (and Keeps the Bill)

They tell us the Empire made us partners. But while London pocketed the profits, Scotland’s shipyards rusted, our coal mines closed, and our oil revenues vanished faster than the promises of a “better together” Britain. We built the empire’s ships, powered its factories, and taught half its engineers — only to watch the wealth sail south. 🚢📉

So yes, Lenny, we’re with you. Reparations sound grand. Because whether it was slavery in the colonies or economic servitude in the Highlands, the pattern’s the same: the few got richer; the rest got told to keep calm and carry on.

Let’s be clear — we’re not asking for guilt money or hush cheques. We’re demanding an economic reckoning. A recognition that Scotland’s potential was throttled by centuries of extraction disguised as unity.

If slave owners were compensated for their “losses,” maybe it’s time someone compensated Scotland for the centuries of lost opportunity. Or at least bought us a round for every oil barrel nicked in the North Sea. 🛢️🍻

🔥 Challenges 🔥

Should Scotland get its own reparations for being the empire’s overworked business partner? Has “union” ever meant equality — or just polite exploitation in tartan trim?

Drop your verdict in the blog comments below. 💬🏴

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