'We should not support a demonstration that is, in all probability, going to end in deliberate and calculated violence.' BorisJohnson urges the public to not attend the BlackLivesMatter protest this weekend 'for all sorts of reasons'. More:
Business minister Nadhim Zahawi told Sky News on Wednesday that"any slave trader should not have a statue".
He added:"I wouldn't be breaking the law to take statues down, it should be done through our democratic process. "This country is a democracy, a proud democracy and it should be up to local people to decide what they want to do with that statue and any other statue."Other monuments also removed from public view ahead of further protests planned this weekend include one of slave owner Robert Milligan outside the Museum of London.
And Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals in London say they will take down two statues linked to slavery - those of Thomas Guy and Sir Robert Clayton.
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