Rejected petition Remove the statue of Oliver Cromwell from outside Westminster.
With suggestions that many statues of British leaders be moved because of their racist past. The single most controversial figure is Oliver Cromwell. He should be removed from his pedestal outside the House of Commons.
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Oliver Cromwell's role in causing genocidal conditions in Ireland and then transporting hundreds of thousands of Irish people overseas to work as indentured servants, mostly in Barbados is not widely known by the British public.
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 historical monuments, statues, plaques and street names are a matter for the local authority in which they are located and private landowners, not the UK Government or Parliament.
If you want to raise concerns about a particular historical monument or statue you should contact your local authority about this.
The Local Government Association has published an advice note to help councils work to ensure all sections of the community feel heard by decision-makers and each other: https://www.local.gov.uk/topics/community-safety/statues
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Encourage and support the removal of memorials that glorify the slave trade: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325449
Create an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325673
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.