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Shashi Tharoor: Britain Owes Reparations to Its Former Colonies

OxfordUnion · Talk · 15 min · 2015 · YouTube title: Dr Shashi Tharoor MP - Britain Does Owe Reparations
Why it's here

HN commenters link it repeatedly in colonial history threads as an eloquent, fact-dense short speech.

What it covers

Shashi Tharoor's Oxford Union speech arguing that Britain owes reparations to its former colonies, focused on the effects of British rule in India. It lists economic and political damage done by colonialism.