Bunnahabhain, stated that -"The (thread) title was due to it being a British politician making statements, concerning an anniversery of a British law, so Britian in the title was entirely reasonable."

MGOH's "Shame at"/"Shame of" matters neither here nor there. Specifically looking at Britain's role in the slave trade it would appear that the social conscience of the United Kingdom relating to the revulsion of the slave trade was aroused long before any of the other participants in that trade. Acting on a popular movement calling for the universal abolition of the slave trade successive British Governments of the day enacted legislation to erradicate the trade and tasked the nation's armed forces, predominantly the Royal Navy, to enforce that legislation. The Prime Minister's apology or statement of regret is therefore superfluous.