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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".

  • 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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