‘We are delighted that Parker has gone, but it’s only a start,’ said Restore Trust’s founder, Jack Hayward, yesterday. National Trust chairman Tim Parker said he was quitting on Tuesday, after the Mail revealed he was facing a no-confidence motion. The National Trust yesterday said it was not obliged to act upon motions passed as they are ‘not binding’. A left-wing academic was then hired to compile a ‘gazetteer’ exposing what she regarded as the links between National Trust properties and either colonialism or slavery. Last night, Restore Trust responded that it boasts ‘thousands’ of Trust volunteers among its supporters.

Source: Daily Mail May 26, 2021 21:49 UTC