abhorrent

The abhorrent racial abuse that Anderson faced from the terraces in the 1970s is very well documented.

In language stronger than in Samoa, he spoke of the "abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence committed against Kenyans" during their struggle for independence.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the slave trade was "abhorrent" but that it would be better to focus on "today's challenges" such as climate change.

Sir Keir, who is currently in Samoa for a meeting of Commonwealth countries, said the trade was "abhorrent" and that it was important to "talk about our history".

The draft communique says a majority of member states “share common historical experiences in relation to this abhorrent trade, chattel enslavement, the debilitation and dispossession of indigenous people”.