Submitted on Wednesday 10th June 2020
Rejected on Monday 22nd June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Pass legislation to protect public statues under central government oversight.
We are currently experiencing a wave of attacks against our public landmarks by a sometimes violent minority. We need to safeguard our collective history and culture for future generations. This history belongs to us all and should not be in the power of local figures to remove without due process.
There has been a huge wave of public anger at the desecration of public monuments including the Cenotaph and Churchill statue in Parliament Square. Lists are now circulating identifying other targets for criminal damage, including memorials to figures held in great esteem by millions such as former Prime Ministers Grey and Peel. But there are also many lesser known statues that may not have the same level of protection and which, if we are not careful, we may simply wake up one day to find gone.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Protect all monuments and statues from being taken down: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325814
Make it a specific offence to desecrate national flags, symbols and monuments: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325545
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