Jenrick is right. British history shouldn’t be censored. Tory links to slave traders must be remember
Communities Minister Robert Jenrick has announced in the Sunday Telegraph (but will mention the matter in Parliament this week…) that he plans to make any changes to historic statues and monuments subject to planning laws.
Of course the considerable number of statues and monuments that are already protected (mainly against property developers) are already subject to law.
That does not stop Jenrick from using Trumpian language. Anti-racist protesters are a ‘baying mob’ while democratically elected local councillors are ‘cultural committee’ of town hall militants and woke worthies”. If we were to lower ourselves to Jenrick’s level what he is actually proposing is to over ride local democratic processes with decisions by a coterie of racist Tory Ministers.
He is right though that British history should not be censored. I wasn’t aware that anyone was arguing this but just in case its worth keeping in mind the family history of Tory MP Richard Drax who has been less than keen for his links to Barbados sugar plantations (which he now owns) to be in the public domain (although they now are)
Tory MP who owns Barbados sugar plantation still silent on reparations
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