Submitted on Monday 8th June 2020
Rejected on Friday 19th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Remove all statues of slave owners in the UK
In light of the recent Black Lives Matter movement taking places globally, we demand that all statues of slave owners in the UK be removed.
It is apparent that as a nation we are not as educated on our colonial history as we should be. In fact, our colonial history is still celebrated in the form of statues and monuments dedicated to slave owners up and down our country. It is disgusting and shameful that such things still exist. People are tired of simply having discussions, as if there were any grounds to support their existence, and as a result the statue of Edward Colston was rightfully pulled down in Bristol. Now for the rest!
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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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