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Virtue signaling or necessary intervention? UK MP calls on govt to ‘speed up’ removal of all slave-trader statues
An MP has urged the UK government to help local communities “speed up” the process of removing statues of slave merchants across the nation, prompting praise, anger and cynicism by turns online, given the timing of her request.
On Monday, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran published on Twitter the letter she sent to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden, in which she asked that the UK government allow local councils to involve their communities in assessing and removing the controversial memorials to slave traders.
Statues of slave merchants shouldn't still be standing – end of story.
Statues of slave merchants shouldn't still be standing – end of story. I'm calling on the Government to issue guidance to local councils on how to speed up the process for assessing and removing them, in conversation with their local communities. #BlackLivesMatterpic.twitter.com/axvWcHrzHt
— Layla Moran
