UK Minister calls for democratic decisions on statues as protesters put 60 monuments on hit-list

A British Government minister has called for decisions over the future of controversial statues of historical figures to be taken democratically as pressure mounts on authorities to remove contentious monuments.
UK Minister calls for democratic decisions on statues as protesters put 60 monuments on hit-list

Graffiti on a statue of Robert Viscount Melville in Edinburgh. Pic: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
Graffiti on a statue of Robert Viscount Melville in Edinburgh. Pic: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

A British Government minister has called for decisions over the future of controversial statues of historical figures to be taken democratically as pressure mounts on authorities to remove contentious monuments.

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