I mean, vandalizing the Churchill statue is actually kind of a tradition for protests, it's happened several times, including during pro and anti Brexit protests.
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Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
I think it's the BLM protests and not because of the virus.
londongeorge
Noblity
I was at both of those and do not recall Churchill being a target.
londongeorge
Noblity
That makes even less sense!
Know what? I'm mistaken. I misread an article. Previous recorded vandalizations were in 2007 and 2000, with rumours of vandals at other protests. I tip my hat.
Yes, I seem to believe that the people are upset that Churchill was a massive racist who is nevertheless regaled as a hero.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
You were at Pro- and Anti-Brexit protests? You must have been hedging your bets then.
londongeorge
Noblity
It didn't look like a BLM protest. Lots of middle-aged men in shorts. Looked like a football crowd.
londongeorge
Noblity
I was there for other reasons that can't really be disclosed.
I believe it was vandalized during a BLM protest first ("racist" scrawled on the base) and then again during an anti-BLM protest, so they put it in a box.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Those were the anti-BLM protests. Millwall fans.
londongeorge
Noblity
Thanks. Clearly I need to read up a bit more carefully on this.
I mean...they're not wrong, either. Churchill was a massive racist, and his legacy is at best problematic.
londongeorge
Noblity
But nobody is bursting into Windsor and spray painting Philip are they?!
Well, I think that's assault, which is a little more serious, isn't it!
londongeorge
Noblity
Indeed that would be totally unacceptable. Big Phil is national hero.
Copper, then?
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Non-essential shops in England are reopening today with social distancing measures. I've seen photos of people queuing to get into Primark and TK Maxx of all places. I'm sceptical about how social distancing will work in non-essential shops, and there's already chaos on Oxford Street in London (from BBC live updates):
And that's not Black Lives Matter protesters looting the Nike store, it's customers desperate to get in and photographers likewise ignoring social distancing guidelines. Idiots.
I won't be going to a "non-essential" shop for quite some time. I've been coping fine with deliveries anyway.
And that's not Black Lives Matter protesters looting the Nike store, it's customers desperate to get in and photographers likewise ignoring social distancing guidelines. Idiots.
I won't be going to a "non-essential" shop for quite some time. I've been coping fine with deliveries anyway.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
That was the counter demonstration from the far-right.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Because he is Greek or because he is a racist? There would be two different types of crowds spray painting him.
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GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Not all of them. This piece of shit is a Tottenham Hotspur fan.
Man jailed for urinating at PC Keith Palmer memorial during protest
Andrew Banks had drunk 16 pints and was in central London to "protect statues", a court hears.
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