Tue, 21-Oct-2025

War of words breaks out after UK statue acquittal

War of words

LONDON – Britain should resist efforts to “bowdlerise” its colonial past, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said after four protesters were cleared of criminal damage for pulling down a statue of a notorious slave trader. Johnson declined to comment on the specifics of Wednesday’s jury verdict, following the 2020 attack on the statue of Edward Colston … Read more