Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square is defaced with pro-Chelsea graffiti

Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square is defaced with pro-Chelsea graffiti after club’s Champions League win Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square has been scrawled in graffiti Graffiti read ‘Chelsea’, ‘CFC’ and ‘1905’ – the year the London club was founded The Metropolitan Police are investigating the vandalism following UEFA final  By Jack Wright For Mailonline … Read more

Washington Sq Park monument defaced as NYPD faces $1bn budget cut

New York City’s famous George Washington Monument in Washington Square Park was defaced with red paint on Monday as protesters gathered further downtown outside City Hall ahead of a controversial vote that could slash the city’s police budget by $1billion – 16 percent of its total – despite escalating crime and chaos.  In the latest … Read more

Charles Dickens museum in Kent is defaced with graffiti branding the author ‘racist’

A former councillor has admitted to targeting a museum dedicated to beloved 19th century author Charles Dickens after being inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.  Ian Driver scrawled  ‘Dickens Racist, Dickens Racist,’ on the outside of the The Dickens House Museum in Broadstairs, Kent, and attempted to black-out the lettering on a street sign for nearby … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: The race protesters who defaced Churchill’s statue are perverse and offensive

Some images from the Black Lives Matter demonstration in London on Saturday will linger long in the memory.  The sheer scale and physical density of the march, as viewed from above, is one, simultaneously impressive in its display of solidarity and terrifying for NHS medics anxious to avert a ‘second wave’ of Covid-19 infection.  Then … Read more