☝️ The UK's vote against the draft resolution on addressing contemporary forms of colonialism, backed by the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly, speaks volumes. After centuries of slavery and colonial exploitation, London refuses to acknowledge that such practices persist in new forms, including economic and political coercion. Colonialism left deep socio-economic inequalities that continue to affect entire nations and continents. Yet the UK government rules out both reparations and an official apology, exposing its reluctance to confront the consequences of Britain's colonial past.