"'No UK apology' for colonial past"

This article says it all about the paternalistic attitude towards Africa by those with serious superiority complexes who felt their colonization of Africa was justified.

--Ayinde

'No UK apology' for colonial past

The days of Britain having to apologise for its colonial past are over, Gordon Brown has said.

The chancellor, speaking during a week-long tour of Africa, said it was time to talk about enduring British values of liberty and tolerance.

Mr Brown has signed a debt relief deal with Tanzania which could cost the UK £1 billion.

South African president Thabo Mbeki has attacked British imperialists, saying they treated Africans like savages.

Mr Brown said that missionairies had come to Africa because of their sense of duty.

He added that the history of internationalism and enterprise had given Britain a greater global reach than any other country.

BBC political correspondent Mark Mardell said Britishness had long been a theme of the chancellor's but "never before has he been so outspoken in defending Britain's past history".
Full Article : news.bbc.co.uk

Brown: Being a father made me help Africa
Gordon Brown said yesterday that becoming a father had strengthened his determination to try to lift millions of African children out of poverty.

The Chancellor explained that he had had a lifelong interest in the fate of Africa because of his upbringing in a Church of Scotland family.
Full Article : telegraph.co.uk