This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Petition Remove statue of Oliver Cromwell in front of Parliament and put it in a museum.
Remove the statue of Oliver Cromwell in front of Parliament in London and put it in a museum.
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The statue itself is not of that time being only erected (controversially) in 1899. Cromwell should be studied and remembered, but not be on a pedestal in such a prominent position outside the heart of our democracy.
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