Has Britain confronted its colonial past? Yes, you're looking at it, says Foreign Secretary

FOREIGN Secretary James Cleverly says he is proof Britain has confronted its “colonial” past.

- Michael Knowles

Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong has urged the UK to come to terms with the “uncomfortable” legacy in Asia and the Pacific. 

She urged it to deal with imperial wrongdoing to find “more common ground” with nations it governed.

Malaysia-born Wong had a grandmother who worked as a servant for “British colonialists” some of whom had tobacco and timber plantations.

Mr Cleverly said that while “history matters, what matters more is what we are going to do in the future”.

He pointed out that Rishi Sunak becoming Prime Minister and Suella Braverman being appointed Home Secretary also show the huge strides Britain has made.