Quote Originally Posted by blue matt View Post
I moved down this way 20 odd years ago and certain sections of society have been campaigning for the statue to be removed as long as i can remember , Bristol council agreed a few years back to include on the plaque details that Colston was a slave trader, it then went quiet about it
They interviewed the Mayor of Bristol on the news today. He basically said he had been busy and he had more important things to deal with like fighting for racial and social justice today. He also said that if the statue was to be removed it should have been properly removed and not as a result of mob criminal damage.It's an interesting interview from more than one aspect.