Boris Johnson has issued a statement condemning protesters who seek to tear down statues of historical figures because they are now perceived as racists.
He said it was “absurd and shameful” that the statue of a of wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill had been target by anti-racist protesters.
The statue in London's Parliament Square was boxed-in with a protective wooden shell ahead of a Black Lives Matter protest in Westminster this evening.
Hundreds of campaigners surrounded Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square this evening after walking from Hyde Park, with around two dozen police officers observing from a short distance.Nelson has also been targeted by some protesters as a problematic figure.An interactive map called ‘Topple the.
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