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Lea Bridge Green Candidate Demands Trillions Reparations, Tory Accusations

5/5/2026

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Green Party candidate Antoinette Fernandez urges trillions in reparations in Lea Bridge ward.
She is daughter of Queen Mother Abiola Dosunmu and Antonio Deinde Fernandez, whose 2015 wealth was $8.7 billion and whose ancestor owned 1,400 slaves.
After a UN March 2023 vote backing reparations up to £18 trillion, Reform UK’s Laila Cunningham and Conservative Kevin Hollinrake called her a hypocrite, prompting Green Party to call the attacks racist.

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Green Party candidate Antoinette Fernandez urges trillions in reparations in Lea Bridge ward.
She is daughter of Queen Mother Abiola Dosunmu and Antonio Deinde Fernandez, whose 2015 wealth was $8.7 billion and whose ancestor owned 1,400 slaves.
After a UN March 2023 vote backing reparations up to £18 trillion, Reform UK’s Laila Cunningham and Conservative Kevin Hollinrake called her a hypocrite, prompting Green Party to call the attacks racist.