Monday’s newspaper was an exercise in serendipity, presenting, as it did, the ever-thorny issue of black slavery in its past and oh-so-present facets and proving, once again, that there is no easy answer – if any, at all – to the conundrum of reparation.

A serial caller last week hit the nail on the head when he asked one of his seemingly inane questions about whether after the economic union visitors to the various countries which make up the union will have to ”show” money when they enter each others country.