Statues of British Prime Ministers George Canning and Winston Churchill in central London were boarded ahead of BLM protests today (June 13th).

The bronze statue of 1827 Tory statesman and British Prime Minister George Canning in Great George Street is in scaffolding and Winston Churchill monument in Parliament Square is boarded up in grey sarcophagus ahead of the weekend anti-racist protests in central London. PM Boris Johnson tweeted: "The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square is a permanent reminder of his achievement in saving this country – and the whole of Europe – from a fascist and racist tyranny." At the same time BLM demands dismantling 78 "racist" statues, many of them in central London in the aftermath of George Floyd murder in the United States.
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