roland's debut was against the west indies, right here in bridgetown in 1981.sex, and even met the duke of edinburgh on more than one occasion. roland, what do you think about the republic? what the benefits of being a republic, i don't know. but what i would say is that i think england as a country, the question is, have they really done enough to stay in the game? is it a sense for you that england, because of its... more than 300 years in control of barbados, ended up taking it for granted? i think what really was needed was for england to accept the atlantic slave trade, accept that as something that happened. also accept that institutions and individuals in england benefited from it, and i believe in the call for reparations. for me reparations would be the forgiveness of any debts that barbados has, also the building of some schools, you know, we have suffered in the last two years, and we have been suffering in this region for quite a while. but england really didn't do a great deal, so other people came along and offered their help, and obviously barbad