In this country pretty much all statues are put there to give thanks from a grateful nation or community to the person depicted on the plinth. At the time they were erected, the people, of the day saw no wrong in the deeds that were achieved to bring them fame and be celebrated. Mayor Khan's family and the family's of most the BLM demonstrators were not resident in Great Britain at the time Edward Colston donated large sums of money to grateful Bristolians for Alms houses,hospitals, orphanages etc. Likewise Guys Hospital London. How many BAME have accepted the services that great medical establishment has to offer? That was built pre Windrush and lets not forget the Windrush generation came here voluntarily not as slaves. They were happy to accept the work and other benefits that this nation afforded them and ,at that time, made no complaint about our strange culture. (Morris Dancing with Blacked up faces) and the reasons we erected certain statues . I note that the Indians have many statues of Queen Victoria all over their country.They may have been erected in the days of British Rule but they have had ample time to remove them since 1948. Perhaps it is a symbol of respect and gratitude for what was achieved in India under her reign. Which is why most of our statues are here. For a nation's gratitude at that time.
How many left wing luvvies and comedians are grovelling and apologising now for the sketches they were involved in years ago when they thought it was funny at that time. Which it was to almost everybody. Just leave the past as it was and if lessons have to be learnt we don't want to revisit the ways of a fascist dictatorship with Mayor Khan's Ministry of Censorship and Propoganda. Hitler banned Jazz because it was decadent black music and Khan's first censorship was ladies lingerie posters (Triumph) on the Underground. Now he advances to monuments and no doubt will have his merry band of censors scrutinising our National Art Galleries.