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I’ve just been watching Kevin Rudd the australian PM on the television, apologising for the uk kids that were shipped out there years ago with the promise of a better life.

I do wonder what these official apologies for crimes of previous governments are all about. They are after all totally meaningless, or am I in the minority for thinking that.

Does anybody ever take comfort from them, or are they just a PR stunt? If they are a PR stunt what are they trying to achieve, what message are they trying to give out.? The only message I take away from it is that the government will bow to pressure from any minority group.

They would do far better just standing up and saying they will not apologise for crimes they did not commit. It would certainly raise them in my estimation.