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Duke of Wellington: The traffic-coned Glasgow statue that inspired Banksy

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Attempts to remove the cone from the Duke of Wellington statue have been thwarted for decades.

They said the statue had been minorly damage and raised concerns around the potential for injury when attempting to place a cone.But the prank continued.was dropped following a backlash by GlaswegiansThe council had said that raising the height would end a practice which projected a "depressing image" of Glasgow.Thousands signed an online petition and campaigners planned a rally.

But the council eventually climbed down from its position and the planning application was withdrawn.Pro-European supporters placed a cone painted to represent the EU flag The statue wore a "Yes" cone and a Scotland a flag was fitted in the statue's stirrup in support of the Scottish Independence referendum in 2014.And he wore a cone withImage source,

 

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