Rejected petition Replace the statues of slavers with heroes of the Special Operations Executive

There has been much controversy over the removal of statues depicting slave traders and accusations of 'erasing history'. If we replace them with the men and women of the Special Operations Executive, we can celebrate national heroes who deserve remembrance.

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To create a taskforce to complete research and raise funds for the erection of these statues.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Decisions about individual statues would be for the relevant authority for the land they are placed on, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You might like to sign this similar petition calling for the Government to encourage the removal of memorials that glorify the slave trade:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325449

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 28 August 2020
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