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Review of Oldham statues to be carried out in wake of Black Lives Matter protests

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hereOther statues, including Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes in Oxford, have come under fire, with Oxford’s Oriel College voting in favour of removing it from the campus.And in London the words ‘Churchill was a racist’ were daubed on the base of the former prime minister’s statue, which led to it being encased in a metal box to protect it from further damage.It prompted a series of counter protests where self-appointed ‘statue defenders’ and far right activists turned out to ‘protect’ monuments from being vandalised and led to clashes with the police in London.Liberal Democrat Councillor Howard Sykes had previously petitioned the council for a statue to be erected of Winston Churchill in Oldham, a constituency he represented for six.

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