On the dumping of the commemorative bronze of Colston in the river, Mark Pack remarks:
democratic means had been tried to remove that statue and failed. We only got action-by-crowds because democracy failed.
He emphasises:
Colston died in 1721. The statue went up in 1895. Those who put it up knew fully of the evils of the slave trade. Slavery had already long been illegal in Britain at the time they decided to honour Colston.
The toppling of Colston follows removal of various reminders of slavery in the USA as part of the George Floyd commemorations.
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