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游说、律师与媒体轰炸:阻止英格兰教会1亿英镑奴隶制赔偿基金的斗争Lobbying, lawyers and a media blitz: the fight to kill the Church of England’s £100m slavery compensation fund

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比格尔勋爵领导了对英格兰教会奴隶制赔偿基金的反击。图片来源:《卫报》Lord Biggar has led the backlash against the Church of England’s slavery compensation fund. Composite: Guardian

英国一些最富有的金融家,包括保罗·马歇尔爵士,为批评性报道提供了平台,或与其主要反对者有关联。“这是在做姿态表演,”奈杰尔·比格尔说。“这些精英正试图证明他们很进步。”

Some of Britain’s wealthiest financiers, including Sir Paul Marshall, have given a platform to critical coverage or are linked to its leading opponent“This is virtue signalling,” said Nigel Biggar. “These are elites who are trying to demonstrate that they are being progressive.”

影子住房、社区和地方政府事务大臣凯蒂·拉姆在下议院领导了对“尖塔项目”的反对,并曾在《旁观者》播客中亮相。图片来源:《卫报》Shadow housing, communities and local government secretary Katie Lam has led opposition in the House of Commons to Project Spire and appeared on a Spectator podcast. Composite: Guardian
从左至右:爱德华·科尔斯顿的雕像于2020年被投入布里斯托尔港;南海公司的一张地图,该公司曾贩运约34,000名被奴役的非洲人;圣保罗大教堂。From left: the statue of Edward Colston was thrown into Bristol harbour in 2020; a map from the South Sea Company which trafficked about 34,000 enslaved Africans; St Paul’s Cathedral.
比格尔帮助领导了针对“尖塔项目”的媒体攻势。图片来源:《卫报》Biggar has helped lead the media charge against Project Spire. Composite: Guardian

他鄙视的目标是多年来一直困扰他的事情:为奴隶贸易支付赔偿的运动,特别是英格兰教会计划花费1亿英镑以赎罪其参与其中的行为。

The target of his scorn was one that has obsessed him for years: the movement to pay reparations for the slave trade, and specifically the Church of England’s plan to spend £100m atoning for its involvement.

马歇尔通过其媒体集团为比格尔及其运动提供了平台。Marshall has given Biggar and his movement a platform via his stable of media outlets.
比格尔与硬右翼“复兴英国”组织有关联,但他表示自己与该党“没有正式关系”。图片来源:《卫报》Biggar has links to the hard-right Restore Britain, but says he has ‘no formal relationship’ with the party. Composite: Guardian
英格兰教会在约克的总主教会议上听到,委员们因“尖塔项目”而遭受了“卑劣的辱骂和通信”。The Church of England’s General Synod in York heard that commissioners had faced ‘vile abuse and correspondence’ over Project Spire.