now, i'm not saying britain's perfect, but there are very few countries with an unblemished past, and i think... we should focus on what is good about our country today. and yet, prince charles was, as you know, the declaration and yet, prince charles was, as you know, at the declaration of barbados independence. what did he do? he talked about "the appalling atrocity of slavery." he called it the darkest days of our past. was he wrong to do that? no, he wasn't. crosstalk the transatlantic slave trade was completely l abhorrent. of course he wasn't wrong to do that. but my point is, we are in a world where we face increasingly aggressive authoritarian nations.