Tributes to Scotland's slave owners 'should be erased' says Greens' Patrick Harvie
Patrick Harvie yesterday made an impassioned plea for historical links to slavery to be erased from Scotland’s streets after calls to topple monuments and scrap street signs.Thousands of people have backed petitions to pull down the controversial Lord Melville monument in Edinburgh city centre and remove the names of those who benefited from slavery from Glasgow landmarks in recent days.And Greens co-leader Harvie backed the move, saying we can only “tackle Scotland’s deep-rooted racism” once tributes afforded to racists and slavers are removed.But some prominent anti-racism campaigners say Scotland’s slavery shame should never be forgotten and instead used to educate our future generations.Several street names which carry the names of