statues of slave traders to be taken down. Steve West, from Stand Up to Racism, said that putting up plaques explaining the history of the statues did not go far enough.
Speaking after a protest in Edinburgh at St Andrew Square, he said that while plaques on statues explaining their role in the slave trade were a step in the right direction, they should be taken down completely.
Mr West said: "It is positive that the plaque will be put there, but it doesn't go far enough. Statues are there to commemorate so-called great people. "So the fact there is a statue there gives a message that he was some sort of great person, so I think it would be far better if the statue was taken down." Edinburgh City Council is in talks to place a plaque on the.
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