Submitted on Monday 8th June 2020
Rejected on Friday 19th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Remove the statue of Robert Clive.
Robert Clive brutally pillaged and looted India in the late 1750s on behalf of the British Empire. If we continue to have this statue erected it shows that the British government glorifies and memorializes a treasonous government whose founding principle was the expansion of a barbaric empire.
The British government must take full responsibility for its colonialist and imperialist past. Robert Clive raided and plundered India during the late 1750s on behalf of the British Empire. His two terms of administration in Bengal were full of misrule, despotism, bribe-taking and misuse of power. The only type of society that would continue to overlook his unethical behaviour 263 years on is one that is mercenary and imperialistic.
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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
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