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

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crowd-sourced map, produced by supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement, displays more than 50 statues of historical figures which are said to 'celebrate slavery and racism'.It has gone live days after a statue to former slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol was torn down and dumped in a harbour.There are five monuments to former Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel listed on the map - in Bury, Manchester, Preston, Leeds and Glasgow.

The Sir Robert Peel statue in Glasgow was vandalised by protesters earlier this week and a petition has been launched to remove his statue in Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester.The targeting of the Bury-born statesman, who is known as the founder of the modern police force, has led to an angry reaction and a.

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