Modern day slavery in the UK

I'm familiar with that interview and as usual he's fairly close to the mark - particularly in respect of the way social and political thought had evolved up to that time. He does concentrate on the elite - the campaign to abolish slavery was led by the affluent but with a grassroots support especially among non-conformist religious groups creating a very broad support base.

A more practical issue is how on a day to day level we as a society can balance the need to protect the vulnerable who are exploited as agricultural workers in one of the richest parts of the world - a concrete example is the people Roz mentioned - with the growing desire for access to cheaper foods.

The answer is simple but maybe unacceptable for more modern minds: austerity and self-denial especially for the rich and opulent, but not only for them.

Simple indeed and both sensible and altruistic. Not an easy one to sell though...

Yes indeed - nothing to sell but only to practice.

independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/more-than-35-million-people-worldwide-are-being-held-as-slaves-9866430.html

The UK does quite well in the Global Slavery Index, Ireland does very well. Poland not so well but still near the bottom of the list, Czech, Hungary and Serbia do badly and Russia very badly.

globalslaveryindex.org/findings/

A couple of people wanted by the police here. It looks like slavery is on the rise again unfortunately. At leat the police ar taking it seriously. Mugshots and further details in the article.