Justin Welby prostrates himself in apology for British massacre at Amritsar

The archbishop of Canterbury has apologised “in the name of Christ” for the 1919 massacre at Amritsar in India, when hundreds of people were shot dead by British forces.

Oh, that'll help!

I see he hasn’t forgotten his younger days when told to ‘assume the position’

There’s no business like show business...

If he goes to all your massacres around the world, he'll be busy.

About time some one acceotedbthe massacres of the empire

Fool

The Amritsar Massacre was chillingly portrayed in Richard Attenborough's film 'Gandhi' with Edward Fox in the role of General Dyer who ordered the atrocity.

Fucks sake 🙄

They do that a lot the clergy, the old prostrate.

It’s almost comical !!!

Embarrassing. What next, Merkel prostates herself outside Auschwitz? No one is responsible for the crimes of our fathers.

Thanks. That'll help.

No doubt it was ONLY a conflict at the time.....I'm sure there is a good enough reasons as always for the massacres.......

I never see PoC apologising for the atrocities, mass rapes, empires and slavery they committed throughout the entire course of recorded history? North Africans abducted and enslaved approximately two million White Europeans between the 16th and 19th centuries. Still no apology.

Look forward to him doing it again next year in apology for telling Britain to just ‘get on with it’.

It’s a sincere gesture - too easy to be cynical. We have plenty to apologise for.

Is that a culturally appropriate way of doing it for Hindus, Sheiks and Buddhists to accept? he will probably managed to offend one billion Indians knowing him!

He's going to be a busy man!!

It’s the 10th of September 2019 just in case anyone was wondering.

And Whinging remainers ?

One for 1857 too please.

DavidOlusoga The good old British Empire!

Powerful stuff

Well done that man

Talk about embarrassing. To be fair he did it secretly with ordinarily garments on... Very humble

Sophia__Jamil

Eh. Where was he when Grenfell happened? Too recent for him?

Religion 😂

What about doing a lithe of that towards those abused by the church here

Owt for a free holiday

If thie were the new trend, whole of India will need to come n prostrate before the whole of Kashmir, at each and every place. Whole land bears witness to their human rights violations in Indian occupied Kashmir.

we need the head of the army and PM doing this

Attentions seeker?

I always wondered why I follow the Guardian on Twitter- it’s for gems like this

He never could take his wine.

Should be the queen

About time he the same for the CoE homophobia.

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