Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to hand a cabinet minister the power to veto the removal of statues and monuments to help fight back against woke campaigners and 'bullying' local officials. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick would have the final say on what statues and memorials could be removed from public view. If the move goes ahead, it would mark the Government's first legal intervention in the wake of a public reconsideration of Britain's monuments and statues. Many statues of figures with alleged links to slavery have been targeted by Black Lives Matter protesters since the killing of black man George Floyd in the US. Slave trader Robert Milligan's was covered with a shord and the message 'Black Lives Matter' was placed on it in West India Docks amid calls for it to be taken down.

Source: Daily Mail October 11, 2020 11:10 UTC