No more statues to be taken down. It’s part of our history!

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I would like the government to stop taking our statues down as it is a part of our history. Statues weren’t put up for the bad things they did they were put up for all the good things eg Robert peel was the founder of the police force, Thomas Guy at guys hospital was the founder of the hospital.

The statues are part of our history and we can all learn from them the good and the bad. You can’t change history and we shouldn’t be rewriting it and defiantly not hide it. We are British and we have a duty to protect our history.
You can’t judge things that happened centuries ago with a modern day view point. Yes the slave trade was a barbaric trade but at the time it was perfectly legal and let’s not forget that it was parliament that outlawed it. All history should be accepted.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

10 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jun 2020

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