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Attacking statues in the moral maze

Attacking statues in the moral maze

... or as it happened, just outside

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Melanie Phillips
Jan 13, 2022
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Man damaging Eric Gill statue of Prospero and Ariel at BBC Broadcasting House, January 12 2022

On BBC Radio’s Moral Maze this week, we tackled the issues behind the acquittal of the “Colston Four” last week. The four defendants were cleared by a Bristol jury of causing criminal damage in June 2020 when they toppled a statue of the 17th century slave-trad…

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