Reply to: Gladstone Hall to be Renamed

[vetran]

That would be Five-O not 50 surely.

yeaaaah bu .. is txt spek

[Old Greg]

OK whatever, I'll leave to you to get on with getting tulipfaced before the evening starts...

If only.

[Mordac]

Surely it's what you are (incorrectly) inferring.

OK whatever, I'll leave to you to get on with getting tulipfaced before the evening starts...

[northernladuk]

He invented the 50??? Pull him down!

That would be Five-O not 50 surely.

[Old Greg]

At about 09:52 this morning, if that's what your post was inferring...

Surely it's what you are (incorrectly) inferring.

[GJABS]

My great great great grandfather's brother has a statue up in London. Hope he doesn't get the topple!

[vetran]

He founded the first modern police force (the Met). That pretty much puts him in the same bracket as a slave trader, doesn't it?

He invented the 50??? Pull him down!

[Mordac]

And how long did it turn out to be?

At about 09:52 this morning, if that's what your post was inferring...

[Mordac]

Same with Robert Peel, a man who introduced some great reforms, including on criminal justice, workers safety and workers' rights. They are mixing him up with his father, also Robert Peel, who opposed abolishing the slave trade.

Five Sir Robert Peel statues listed on 'Topple the Racists' map - but have campaigners got the right man? - Manchester Evening News

These morons are not helping to reduce racism, they are increasing it. I expect there will be a big spike in real far right actions and racist abuse in the next few months.

He founded the first modern police force (the Met). That pretty much puts him in the same bracket as a slave trader, doesn't it?

[Old Greg]

At the time they were building them I wondered how long it would be before someone demanded they were called 'Seacole Hospitals'.

And how long did it turn out to be?

[Mordac]

The University of Liverpool could at least have the decency to include a trigger warning. Hopefully the Nightingale Hospitals can be stood up to deal with the apoplexy surge.

At the time they were building them I wondered how long it would be before someone demanded they were called 'Seacole Hospitals'.

[Old Greg]

Same with Robert Peel, a man who introduced some great reforms, including on criminal justice, workers safety and workers' rights. They are mixing him up with his father, also Robert Peel, who opposed abolishing the slave trade.

Five Sir Robert Peel statues listed on 'Topple the Racists' map - but have campaigners got the right man? - Manchester Evening News

These morons are not helping to reduce racism, they are increasing it. I expect there will be a big spike in real far right actions and racist abuse in the next few months.

Placating the racists hasn't brought about change.

[xoggoth]

Apparently Gladstone’s father; yes that’s correct his father, had slave holdings...

Same with Robert Peel, a man who introduced some great reforms, including on criminal justice, workers safety and workers' rights. They are mixing him up with his father, also Robert Peel, who opposed abolishing the slave trade.

Five Sir Robert Peel statues listed on 'Topple the Racists' map - but have campaigners got the right man? - Manchester Evening News

These morons are not helping to reduce racism, they are increasing it. I expect there will be a big spike in real far right actions and racist abuse in the next few months.

[OwlHoot]

Dam Busters dog renamed

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2020/05/10/dam-busters-dog-renamed/

The real laughable aspect is the existential crisis script writer Stephen Fry suffered over the issue of the dog's name, and I think caused the whole Dambusters remake to founder, and probably Fry spent the next six months in therapy to recover from the ghastly ordeal.

[Old Greg]

The University of Liverpool could at least have the decency to include a trigger warning. Hopefully the Nightingale Hospitals can be stood up to deal with the apoplexy surge.