| London Mayor Sadiq Khan 20:23 - Jun 10 with 31878 views | DwightYorkeSuperstar |
London mayor Sadiq Khan promised today that he will begin the process of pulling down ‘inappropriate’ statues around London — after Bristolians dumped the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in the river at the weekend.
To investigate London’s landmarks, Khan has created a ‘Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm’ which will review statues and street names in the capital to make sure they reflect the diversity of its people. Khan said he expected the commission to find that it’s ‘not appropriate to be memorialising, or to be celebrating’ certain figures, especially those with a racist past and links to the slave trade.
In 2018, he proudly unveiled a statue of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett — the first-ever statue in Parliament Square of a woman. At the time, Khan declared that ‘from the very first week of my Mayoralty, I supported Caroline Criado Perez’s campaign to put up a statue of a woman in Parliament Square, and I’m so proud that the day of its unveiling is now upon us.’
But while Fawcett is mostly celebrated today for the campaign for women’s suffrage, less well-known is her ardent support of the British Empire. Fawcett was such a fan of Empire, that in 1901 she was commissioned by the government to lead an investigation into British concentration camps in South Africa during the second Boer war, after high mortality rates and appalling conditions were reported there.
When she arrived, Fawcett thought the camps were deeply necessary for the war, and her eventual report said the commission had a ‘generally favourable’ view of them. She also suggested that many of the deaths were caused by the ‘unsanitary habits’ of the Boers. Around 28,000 Boers died in the camps.
Fawcett didn’t have much thought for the participation of Black Africans in society after the war either. In 1899, she wrote that after the settlement of the war;
‘I hope we are too deeply pledged to the principle of equal privileges for all white races to abandon it.’
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/will-sadiq-khan-have-to-knock-down-millicent
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Do you think Sadiq will include his pet project in the list of 'inappropriate' statues he intends to tear down? It begs the question as to whether he is engaging with this exercise simply to boost his personal popularity, considering he proudly unveiled such a statue himself less than two years ago.
The man is a colossal hypocrite. |  |
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| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 00:43 - Jul 19 with 1884 views | Oneill_77 |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 00:31 - Jul 19 by exiledclaseboy |
Hello hello what’s all this shouting we'll have no trouble here. |
Indeed. This is a local fan-club for local people.
We'll have none of this nonce-type, bashing our local fans supporting our local club.
FFS, whether they claim to be from some shadow under some double decker or not, the nonces, like.
Seriously, Warracant is a fraud of the highest order. |  | | |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 18:38 - Jul 19 with 1752 views | Treforys_Jack |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 00:17 - Jul 19 by WarwickHunt |
Your mate Rancid knows who I am - have a word, soppy bollocks.😂😘 |
Ronnie Pickering ?? |  | | |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 21:43 - Jul 19 with 1714 views | Swanjaxs |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 18:38 - Jul 19 by Treforys_Jack |
Ronnie Pickering ?? |
Get over to the other site! 😎 |  |
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| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 12:09 - Jul 20 with 1651 views | Treforys_Jack |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 21:43 - Jul 19 by Swanjaxs |
Get over to the other site! 😎 |
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| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 08:24 - Jul 23 with 1554 views | Jackinexile1 |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 00:43 - Jul 19 by Oneill_77 |
Indeed. This is a local fan-club for local people.
We'll have none of this nonce-type, bashing our local fans supporting our local club.
FFS, whether they claim to be from some shadow under some double decker or not, the nonces, like.
Seriously, Warracant is a fraud of the highest order. |
You aren't local though? You're from Aberdare ? |  | | |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 09:38 - Jul 24 with 1505 views | Catullus |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 08:24 - Jul 23 by Jackinexile1 |
You aren't local though? You're from Aberdare ? |
If you're in exile doesn't that mean you're not local any more? | |
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| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 11:47 - Oct 15 with 1375 views | felixstowe_jack |
Just heard sadiq Khan's rant today. Not sure what is point is does he want London's lockdown level raised to tier 2 or tier 3 or kept the same or any level not proposed by Westminster? | |
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| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 12:54 - Oct 15 with 1351 views | onehunglow |
Felix.
It's yet more party politics.
I keep saying we are obessed with class and political divisions.
We have to free ourselves of this burden of class war we carry. | |
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| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 13:06 - Oct 15 with 1349 views | felixstowe_jack |
I agree but our leaders in various areas are just not thinking what is the best for the whole of the UK. | |
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| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 13:10 - Oct 15 with 1347 views | onehunglow |
Nobody know what is best Felix but it would be nice if we stuck together and not looked for party point.
Starmer,in that regard,is no better than Jezza. | |
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| London Mayor Sadiq Khan on 13:50 - Oct 30 with 1246 views | felixstowe_jack |
Sadiq Khan asking for another bailout for tfl. This despite an increase last year by 100 to 557 in the number of tfl employees earning over £100,000 per year. He even told parliament he had decreased the number earning over £100,000. It is time he started to to make tfl more efficient. Currently any tfl staff member can give a free travel pass to anyone in their household. | |
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