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Nancy Pelosi says it is ‘the perfect time’ to rid the Capitol of Confederate statues

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday it was ‘the perfect time’ for the 11 remaining Confederate statues on display on Capitol Hill to be sent packing.   ‘Public sentiment is everything,’ Pelosi said at her weekly press conference. ‘This is the perfect time for us to move those statues because other times people may think, “Oh, … Read more

Police WON’T stop statues being toppled by BLM protestors

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Statues targeted by Black Lives Matter protestors will not be protected by the police if it means putting themselves or the public at risk, a police chief has said. Essex Police Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington said it was up to operational commanders to make decisions on whether officers should step in to stop damage to monuments … Read more

Mayor of Middlesbrough defends statues of Captain Cook after it is targeted for removal as ‘racist’

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The Mayor of Middlesbrough has defended statues of Captain James Cook that are being targeted for removal by the ‘Topple The Racists’ campaign.  Andy Preston has said Teessiders are proud of the 18th-century explorer and statues of him in Great Ayton, Whitby and London should not be torn down. A ‘Topple The Racists’ website listing … Read more

Pelosi demands Republicans agree to remove 11 Confederate statues from Capitol Hill

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Hours after President Trump said he woudn’t be renaming military bases named for Confederate leaders, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flaunted her opposition by highlighting her work to get Confederate statues in the U.S. Capitol removed.  Pelosi sent out a copy of a letter she had addressed to the chairs of the Joint Committee on the Library, … Read more

78 statues and monuments at risk of being torn down by ‘Topple The Racists’ campaign

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The campaign to tear down monuments in towns and cities across Britain gathered pace today as a ‘hit list’ of statues and memorials deemed to be ‘celebrating racism and slavery’ reached 78. A website called ‘Topple The Racists’ has controversially identified dozens of landmarks from Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert’s Bodmin Beacon to Lord Kitchener’s memorial in … Read more

Hertfordshire police arrive at home of museum curator who tweeted how to destroy bronze statues

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Police arrived at the home of Oxford-educated Madeline Odent this evening after she tweeted a guide on how to destroy bronze statues in the wake of recent Black Lives Matters protests. Museum curator Madeline Odent wrote a series of tweets last night on how to destroy bronze statues such as the one of Edward Colston … Read more

Museum curator tweets advice on destroying bronze statues

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An Oxford-educated museum curator has provoked outrage by sharing expert advice on how to dissolve bronze statues using corrosive chemicals in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.   Madeline Odent, curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, sent a series of tweets last night to her 5,164 followers, which were then shared thousands of times.  … Read more

Museum curator tweets advice on how to destroy bronze statues with chemicals after BLM protests

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An Oxford-educated museum curator has provoked outrage by sharing expert advice on how to dissolve bronze statues using corrosive chemicals in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.   Madeline Odent, curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, sent a series of tweets last night to her 5,164 followers, which were then shared thousands of times.  … Read more

Now 130 Labour councils draw up hit-list of statues with colonial ties

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A statue of a slave trader nicknamed the ‘Tyrant of Trinidad’ because he executed dozens of black people while governor of the Caribbean island is expected to be taken down as the Black Lives Matter campaign to tear down ‘racist’ monuments gathers pace today. Cardiff City Council is backing the removal of Sir Thomas Picton from … Read more