Africa explorer HM Stanley statue to stay in Denbigh

More recently, amid widespread protests from the Black Lives Matter movement

in the USA, petitions were drawn up calling for the removal of a statue of Stanley in Denbigh and an obelisk honouring him in nearby St Asaph.Stanley had "little respect for the natives of Africa"A ballot on the future of the statue was held between 15 and 16 October, and was only open to residents of the town.Image source,There were 471 people in favour of keeping the bronze, located outside the town library, while 121 voted for it being removed.

Councillor Dyfrig Berry asked if additional interpretation about Stanley's history could be added at the statue site. "Many people expressed a view that the statue should stay, but that the history of HM Stanley can be discussed," he said.Councillors voted overwhelmingly to support the consultative ballot and backed a motion to keep the Stanley statue on public display, in its current location.

Excellent news.

Bendigedig. Y pennau bach wedi eu gorchfygu. Great. The narrow minded have been trounced.

Put a Robert Mugabe statue up alongside it to celebrate Mugabe’s destruction of a perfectly functioning Zimbabwe when he took over.

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