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...Last week Mr Johnson denounced the “criminal act” that saw Bristol protesters throw a statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston into the harbour of the west of England city....
...“It is absurd and shameful that this national monument should today be at risk of attack by violent protesters,” Mr Johnson said....
...Mr Lammy also accused Mr Johnson of stoking cultural divisions within British society to distract from other issues, including the disproportionate effect of Covid-19 on Bame communities....
...Mr Johnson, whose government has come under fire from the right for failing to clamp down harder on the protests, said on Friday that it was “absurd and shameful” that the statue risked attack....
...For Labour’s Diane Abbott, former shadow home secretary, Mr Johnson’s comments carried “Trumpian undertones”....
...Mr Johnson’s spokesman declined to say whether the PM disagreed that Colston should have been commemorated by a statue in the first place, but said: “The prime minister doesn’t doubt there continues to be...
...In Britain, with its scarred history of colonialism, the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston was toppled and thrown into a river in Bristol....
...Research firm Opinium recently conducted a poll in which 37 per cent of people thought Sir Keir would make the best prime minister, two points ahead of Mr Johnson....
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