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Richard Tice

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Richard Tice is a British businessman and Reform UK politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness since 2024 and is the party's deputy leader. He led Reform UK from 2021 to 2024 and was a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament for the East of England in 2019 and 2020.

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What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Richard Tice, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Richard Tice

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Richard Tice

Role at the time: Deputy leader of Reform UK and MP for Boston and Skegness

Condemned

Statement summary

Tice sets the economy, debt and electricity bills against news that he says is dominated by an "absurd debate over slavery reparations & apologies", and calls it "Idiotic".

“Yet news dominated by absurd debate over slavery reparations & apologies Idiotic”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Richard Tice calls the debate over slavery reparations and apologies "absurd"Post 2116816821584372158
Why we used this label

The reference point is Andy Burnham's position, set out on October 30, 2026, that he is open to calls for a formal apology on behalf of the British state for the transatlantic slave trade while ruling out financial reparations. Tice calls the debate over reparations and apologies "absurd" and "Idiotic", which rejects the discussion of an apology that Burnham opened.

Read statementFull case: Andy Burnham says he is open to a formal UK apology for slavery and rules out reparations; Conservative and Reform UK leaders object, and CARICOM calls for repair

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Case

Andy Burnham says he is open to a formal UK apology for slavery and rules out reparations; Conservative and Reform UK leaders object, and CARICOM calls for repair

Relationship to this case: Speaker

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he is open to calls for a formal British state apology for the transatlantic slave trade but rules out financial reparations. Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage oppose an apology, and CARICOM says an apology without repair is incomplete.

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