Submitted on Saturday 16th February 2019
Rejected on Friday 1st March 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Reprimand Jacob Rees Mogg for his comments on British Concentration Camps
During BBC Question Time Jacob Rees Mogg suggested that the British Concentration Camps during the Boer War could not be looked at from the comfort of 2019 and used the death rate in Glasgow as a comparrison to negate responsibility for the thousands of deaths.
Factually, this was misleading. The British concentration camps were routinely highlighted by opposition parties as barbaric and both military and political leaders described them as a military tactic, not humanitarian.
These camps were responsible for 48k deaths, up to 80% being children, many of whom were starved to death. All of whom were civilians.
Rees Mogg's comments were morally reprehensible and unsuitable for someone in a position of authority. Concentration camps are never forgivable
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