Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters gathered in Oxford to call for its statue of Cecil Rhodes to be pulled down.
An online petition with more than 100,000 signatures urged Oriel College at the University of Oxford to remove the statue, arguing that Rhodes represented colonialism and racism.
Oxford council leader Susan Brown today said that the statue should be removed and placed in a museum, adding that she is sympathetic towards the ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ campaign.
The protest came after a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Bristol on Sunday, during which a statue of Edward Colston was toppled and dumped in the nearby harbour.
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