‘We shouldn’t airbrush our history’ says Dominic Raab

Dominic Raab has said Britons should not ‘airbrush our history’ as a Conservative former universities minister blamed ‘culture wars’ for the decision to remove a statue of slave-trader Cecil Rhodes outside Oxford University The statue of Cecil Rhodes is set to be removed after a vote from governors at Oriel College yesterday, following intense anger … Read more

‘This shouldn’t be “normal” in 2020 America’: Obama reacts to George Floyd’s death

Barack Obama has spoken out against the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, insisting that racially-targeted killings in the United States ‘cannot be “normal” in 2020’ and calling onĀ Americans to work for a better future. The former president issued a statement on Twitter urging the Minnesota authorities to ‘ensure that the circumstances surrounding George Floyd’s … Read more