Rejected petition Remove the statue of Robert Clive.
Robert Clive brutally pillaged and looted India in the late 1750s on behalf of the British Empire. If we continue to have this statue erected it shows that the British government glorifies and memorializes a treasonous government whose founding principle was the expansion of a barbaric empire.
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The British government must take full responsibility for its colonialist and imperialist past. Robert Clive raided and plundered India during the late 1750s on behalf of the British Empire. His two terms of administration in Bengal were full of misrule, despotism, bribe-taking and misuse of power. The only type of society that would continue to overlook his unethical behaviour 263 years on is one that is mercenary and imperialistic.
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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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
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