# ‘Neocolonial belch’: what can Britain learn from backlash to Dutch slavery apology?

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-05T12:00:23+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/05/what-can-britain-learn-dutch-slavery-apology
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/neocolonial-belch-what-can-britain-learn-from-backlash-to-dutch-slaver-8b99a9/

In the Netherlands many felt the move, while welcome, was mishandled and say it opened up a new phase of reckoning Andy Burnham’s pledge to seek a “structured dialogue” with former colonies to help shape Britain’s first formal state apology for slavery marks the UK’s first tentative step down a path the Netherlands set out on five years ago. The prime minister’s attempts to initiate a historic shi

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