Submitted on Sunday 7th June 2020
Rejected on Friday 19th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Remove Slave Trader Edward Colston’s Name From All Roads, Schools And Landmarks
Remove Edward Colston’s name from all landmarks named after him. Change the names of roads, halls, schools bearing his name.
Edward Colston was a Bristol-born English slave trader, merchant, and Member of Parliament who acquired significant Part of his wealth through the trade and exploitation of slaves.
His name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun.
It’s a disgrace for a slave trader to still be celebrated or commemorated in this day and age.
We ask that all such roads and landmarks drop the Colston name and instead are more appropriately renamed.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about individual historical monuments, statues, plaques and street names are a matter for the local authority in which they are located and private landowners, not the UK Government or Parliament.
If you want to raise concerns about a particular historical monument or statue you should contact your local authority about this.
The Local Government Association has published an advice note to help councils work to ensure all sections of the community feel heard by decision-makers and each other: www.local.gov.uk/topics/community-safety/statues
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Encourage and support the removal of memorials that glorify the slave trade: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325449
Create an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325673
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