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Second Winston Churchill statue vandalised with graffiti after BLM protests
ANOTHER Winston Churchill statue has been vandalised with graffiti after Black Lives Matter protests.
The statue, located in Woodford Green in northeast London, is the second statue of Winston Churchill to have been defaced this week.
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The footage, filmed today, shows several messages sprayed onto the statue’s base.
The commemorative statue was erected in 1959 after Churchill served as MP for the area from 1924 to 1964.
Another statue of the former prime minister was targeted during a Black Lives Matter march in Parliament Square on June 7.
Pictures show police officers standing in front of the memorial with neon green graffiti defacing it on the 76th anniversary of D-Day, last Saturday.
The world-famous memorial was defaced with letters ACAB - which is believed to stand for 'All Cops Are B******s'.
Statues of Queen Victoria and slave trader Edward Colston have also been targeted during anti-racism rallies this week.
Protesters in Bristol tore down the Colston statue and threw it into the harbour.
'SLAVE OWNER'
The statue of Queen Victoria was left covered in graffiti after Black Lives Matter protests in Leeds.
Demonstrators sprayed the sculpture with the words “racist”, “murderer” and “slave owner”.
The 115-year-old memorial on Woodhouse Moor is now also emblazoned with the letters “BLM” in honour of the movement.
And a statue of slave trader Robert Milligan was removed in East London last night following a petition.
Nelson's Column is another target of anti-racism campaigners who want it torn down over links to the slave trade.
Campaigners want the column removed as Nelson was fiercely opposed to the abolition of the slave trade.
He supported prominent slavers and tried to prevent the abolitionist William Wilberforce - who he dubbed 'damnable' - from ending Britain's involvement in the slave trade.
Hundreds of statues could be pulled down after protesters drew up a “hitlist”.
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Francis Drake - sea captain and slave trader
Drake was the first sailor to complete an entire journey of the world in one trip frm 1577 to 1580.
He helped his cousin, John Hawkins, capture slaves from the Americas and sell them to Spanish plantations.
William Gladstone
Gladstone is a former British PM whose family owned slaves in the Caribbean.
He was actively opposed to the anti-slavery movement in Britain.
When slavery was banned, he helped his father obtain today's equivalent of £10.3 million in return for freeing his slaves.
Horatio Nelson
A flag officer in the Royal Navy known for inspirational leadership and unconventional tactics during the Napoleonic wars. He was a supporter of the slave trade and actively tried to thrwart the abolitionist movement in Britain.
James George Smith Neill - monument - Ayr, Wellington Square
Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde – Statue - Glasgow, George Square
Sir Robert Peel - Statue - Glasgow, George Square
Henry Dundas – Statue - Edinburgh, St Andrew's Square
Grey's Monument - Newcastle Upon Tyne, Grainger Street
William Armstrong - Memorial - Newcastle Upon Tyne, Eldon Place
Statue of Sir Robert Peel in George Square, Glasgow
Robert Peel – Statue - Leeds, Woodhouse Moor
Robert Peel – Statue - Preston, Winkley Square
Robert Peel – Statue - Bury
Robert Peel – Statue - Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
Oliver Cromwell – Statue - Manchester, Wythenshawe Road
Oliver Cromwell – Statue - Warrington, Bridge Street
Bryan Blundell - Blundell House - Liverpool, Liverpool Blue Coat School
Christopher Columbus – Statue - Liverpool, Sefton Park Palm House
William Leverhulme – Statue - Wirral, outside Lady Lever Art Gallery
Henry Morton Stanley – Statue - Denbigh, Hall Square
William Gladstone – Statue - Hawarden, Gladstone's Library, Church Lane
Elihu Yale – Wetherspoons Pub - Wrexham, Regent Street
Black man's head caricature - Ashbourne, Green Man
Robert Clive – Statue - Shrewsbury, The Square
Robert Peel – Statue - Tamworth, 27 Market Street
H Morton Stanley – Park - Redditch, Morton Stanley Park
Statue of Oliver Cromwell on Bridge Street, Warrington
Oliver Cromwell – Statue - St Ives, Market Hill
Ronald A. Fisher – Memorial - Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College
Sir Thomas Picton – Memorial - Carmarthen, Picton Terrace
General Nott - Statue - Carmarthen, Nott Square
Thomas Phillips – Memorial plaque - Brecon, Captain's Walk
Cecil Rhodes – Statue - Oxford, Oriel College
Christopher Codrington – Rename Library - Oxford, Codrington Library, All Souls College
Rename Rhodes Arts Complex and Rhodes Avenue - Bishop's Stortford, Cecil Rhodes
Sir Thomas Picton – Statue - Cardiff, Cardiff City Hall
Edward Colston – Rename Colston Hall and Colston Street - Bristol, Colston Street
Henry Overton Wills III – Wills Memorial Building - Bristol, University of Bristol
Edward Colston – Statue - Bristol, Bristol Harbour
Edward Colston - Building - Bristol, Colston Tower, Colston Street
Captain Edward August Lendy & Captain Charles Frederick Lendy– Memorial Statue - Sunbury-on-Thames, Pantiles Court
Edward Colston – Rename Colston Road - Mortlake, Colston Road
William Beckford – School - London, Dornfell Street
Statue of Robert Clive in The Square, Shrewsbury
Robert Geffrye – Statue located on the Museum of the Home - London, Kingsland Road
Francis Galton – Galton Lecture Theatre - London, Gower Street
Charles II of England – Statue - London, Soho Square Gardens
King James II – Statue - London, Trafalgar Square
Robert Clive – Statue - London, Westminster, King Charles Street
Oliver Cromwell – Statue - London, Houses of Parliament
Sir Robert Clayton – Statue - London, St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road
Sir Henry De la Beche – Name on front of Imperial College - London, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus
Christopher Columbus – Monument - London, Belgrave Square Garden
Thomas Guy – Statue - London, Guys Hospital
Thomas Guy - London, Guy's Hospital
Robert Milligan – Statue - London, Tower Hamlets, West India Quay
Sir Francis Drake, Robert Blake, Horatio Nelson – Statues - London, Deptford Town Hall, Goldsmiths College
Sir Francis Drake, Robert Blake and Horatio Nelson – Statues - London, Goldsmiths Uni Deptford Town Hall
Statue of Sir Robert Clayton on Westminster Bridge Road, London
Lord Kitchener – Statue - Chatham, Khartoum Road
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington – Plaque - Brighton, Western Road
William Ewart Gladstone – Plaque - Brighton, Royal Albion Hotel
Redvers Buller – Statue - Exeter, Hele Road
Francis Drake – Statue - Tavistock, Drakes Roundabout
Nancy Astor – Statue - Plymouth, Hoe Park
Francis Drake - Statue - Plymouth, Plymouth Hoe
A group called Topple the Racists want statues across Britain removed and street names changed.
Their list includes some of Britain’s most famous historical figures including King James II, Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus.
The group said: “We believe these statues and other memorials to slave-owners and colonialists need to be removed so that Britain can finally face the truth about its past – and how it shapes our present.
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“Statues are exercises of public adoration. And Edward Colston made his fortune in the slave trade.
“He was part of a system of mass murder, torture and human suffering.
“We must learn from, not venerate, this terrible chapter in British colonial history.”
Meanwhile, it has been announced 130 Labour councils across England and Wales will begin reviewing monuments and statues in their towns and cities.
It means dozens more monuments could be removed.
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A statement posted on Twitter said: "LGA Labour have consulted with all Labour council leaders, and there is overwhelming agreement from all Labour councils that they will listen to and work with their local communities to review the appropriateness of local monuments and statues on public land and council property."
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