Richard Madeley slams ‘thick’ students and asks if they want to rip up £10 notes as they remove Queen’s portrait
RICHARD Madeley has slammed "stupid and thick" Oxford students after they voted to remove a portrait of the Queen from their common room.
In a shocking move a committee of students in Magdalen College agreed the painting of Queen Elizabeth would be taken down because she "represents colonialism."
And in the future if any pictures of the Queen or the Royal family are to be hung in the common it must be decided by a vote.
The decision has caused uproar among the university's royalists who believe cancel culture has taken a step too far.
According to the committee’s minutes, one opponent in the vote said: “In an era where debates on no-platforming and cancel culture rage strong, effectively 'cancelling' the Queen and brandishing her as a symbol of colonialism – so often used as a synonym for racism – sends a dire message that is sure to enrage.
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“Moreover, it is culturally insensitive for a common room so heavily comprised of international students to seek to remove a national symbol from a British institution.
“The cultural heritage of all nations has the right to be respected, and a common room that does not do so cannot claim to be inclusive.”