Gladstone’s legacy is murky – my university shouldn't glorify it

My friend Alisha Raithatha and I both used to live in Liverpool’s Roscoe and Gladstone student halls of residence.The building is of course named after former prime minister William Gladstone, who used parliament to defend his father’s treatment of slaves, to secure some of the biggest pay-outs in slavery reparations, and to sanction forced labour post-abolition.In a world where contemporary slavery continues to affect some 3 million people and where racism continues to blight societ