All statues in Labour councils across England and Wales, and across London, will be examined for links to slavery and plantation owners, their leaders have said, as an east London authority took one down off its plinth on Tuesday evening.No consultation. No worrying about cost at a time when the councils are supposedly crippled due to the costs of the pandemic.
Just instant capitulation to a howling mob. With the promise of more to come:
Earlier, the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, said the capital’s landmarks – including street names, the names of public buildings and plaques – would be reviewed by a commission to ensure they reflect the capital’s diversity, with a view to removing those with links to slavery after Black Lives Matter protesters tore down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol.I think the last word goes, as always, to Twitter.
The people cheering this on are too thick to understand history, but might just have watched TV...
Oh well there goes Nelsons
ReplyDeleteColumn, he may not have owned slaves but he was an ardent supporter of those who did in the West Indies
I'm happy that they will be closing all the mosques.
ReplyDeleteAnd so the purges start. Big brother and his brave new world is at last coming to UK. I would say be, careful what you wish for, but there are none so deaf as those that don't want to hear. The Pigs will soon be running the farm and as always all animals will be equal.
ReplyDeleteStonyground,
ReplyDeleteMosques will be exempt from Sad Sick Khan's purges because....reasons.
Wonder who, and when, will take a sledge hammer to that poxy statue in Highgate cemetery?
Penseivat
Oh dear poor old Ant'n'Dec, fallen for blacking up, apologies all round won't save them from Righteous Fury.
ReplyDeleteQueen Victoria ruled a vast empire and in doing so condoned the oppression of millions of people of colour. When will her statue outside Buckingham palace be torn down I want to know? Or are we only tearing down monuments to little People?
ReplyDelete"Oh well there goes Nelsons Column..."
ReplyDeleteGood luck trying to pull that down!
"And so the purges start. Big brother and his brave new world is at last coming to UK. "
Yup! Next up will be the officially sanctioned Two Minute Gate.
"Queen Victoria ruled a vast empire and in doing so condoned the oppression of millions of people of colour. "
Where would those countries be if she hadn't, I wonder?