This is an interesting thread on the issues in Bristol and Colston, they have been debating changing the plaque for a couple of years and got nowhere. I think something along the lines of "Colston was ere, was a twat".
Thanks for that link. Prof Kate Williams neatly summarises the bureaucratic impasse that prevented even an admonitory plaque let alone formal removal.
Quite. and then you throw in the number of roads etc named after him, hopefully discussions might speed up now.
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This is an interesting thread on the issues in Bristol and Colston, they have been debating changing the plaque for a couple of years and got nowhere. I think something along the lines of "Colston was ere, was a twat".