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President Donald Trump issued a White House statement on Wednesday calling for no more violence amid reports his supporters could try and disrupt Joe Biden’s inauguration. His pronouncement came while the House of Representatives debated impeaching him a second time and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy urged him to accept responsibility for last week’s MAGA … Read more
The majority of articles on the Scots Wikipedia page were written by a teenager in America who doesn’t speak Scots, it has been revealed. The user – who writes under screen name AmaryllisGardener – has made over 100,000 edits on the Scots Wikipedia, including creating tens of thousands of new pages and significantly expanding others. The articles … Read more
RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Tyra Sanchez is arrested and charged with vandalism By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 20:07 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 20:07 BST, 21 August 2020 RuPaul’s Drag Race champ Tyra Sanchez, real name James William Ross, was arrested Thursday on charges of vandalism. Ross, who is now said to have retired his … Read more
Salcombe on the lush Devon coast is known as ‘Chelsea-on-Sea’. It’s easy to understand why. Nearly 60 per cent of all properties here, including fabulous multi-million-pound waterfront addresses, belong to wealthy ‘out-of-towners’, many from London. Those who want to stay in the resort but don’t have second homes are prepared to pay handsomely for holiday … Read more
Crackdown on statue vandalism: Justice Secretary Robert Buckland pledges new laws to protect monuments with tougher sentences for perpetrators after campaign by 120 Tory MPs Robert Buckland says laws against desecration of memorials are ‘inadequate’ MPs will present a proposed Desecration of War Memorials Bill this week Justice Secretary Mr Buckland said he ‘fully agrees’ with … Read more
Yet again, the future of Cecil Rhodes hangs in the balance. Intimidated by a delirious mob, the governing body of Oriel – his and my Oxford college – voted to remove the statuette of the 19th-century diamond magnate from its niche high above the city’s high street. Yesterday, the inevitable backlash began, as a former … Read more
Send protesters who vandalise public memorials to ‘battle camp’ so they understand the Armed Forces, says minister Penny Mordaunt Penny Mordaunt said those who vandalise memorials should go to ‘battle camp’ Paymaster general said they needed to learn about work of the Armed Forces Statue of Churchill was targeted in the London race protests earlier … Read more
Australian state premier threatens tougher punishments for ‘disrespectful’ vandalising of statues after two Captain Cook monuments are defaced by anti-racism protesters Two statues of Captain James Cook were vandalised with spray paint in Sydney New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian called the protest ‘un-Australian’ Cook and his men were the first Europeans to reach Australia’s … Read more
Boris Johnson’s government has made many startling missteps as it has sought to manage the coronavirus pandemic. Some have been understandable; this is a new virus and the havoc wreaked, unprecedented. Others have been the result of incompetence or complacency. There is one ‘misstep’, however, that stands out as profoundly stupid. That‘s the decision to … Read more