London's mayor was accused of caving in to mob rule last night by covering up Winston Churchill’s statue. His allies said Mr Johnson oversaw the boarding-up of Parliament Square statues three times as mayor. In an attempt to diffuse tensions, the campaign group Black Lives Matter urged supporters not to travel to the capital in case they came under attack. Mr Khan has also ordered protection for monuments to Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square and to George Washington and King James II in Trafalgar Square. Despite backing the Black Lives Matter movement, he warned against protesting this weekend because of the risk of spreading coronavirus and because of the potential for clashes with the far Right.

Source: Daily Mail June 12, 2020 21:05 UTC