Khan is trying to rewrite history

He must not be allowed to get away with this @BorisJohnson @10DowningStreet 😡 1/6 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/09/sadiq-khan-unveils-london-statue-review-panel-branded-unelected/
Sadiq Khan unveils London statue review panel branded 'unelected activists' 

Historians have warned that the body announced after Black Lives Matter protests will have a biased view of British history

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/09/sadiq-khan-unveils-london-statue-review-panel-branded-unelected/
"A Star Wars actor and decolonising campaigners will lead Sadiq Khan’s taskforce of “unelected activists” launched to review London landmarks." 2/6
The panel 15 includes:
Riz Ahmed - Star Wars actor & vocal critic of Boris Johnson
Lynette Nabbosa - claims “the UK’s racism birthed slavery and colonialism”
Aindrea Emelife - has called for a “decolonised art world” free from “endemic” racism 3/6
Toyin Agbetu - interrupted the Queen's speech during a commemoration of abolition in 2007, & has supported the removal of Robert Geffrye’s statue from the Museum of the Home. 4/6
David Bryan - "diversity consultant"
Zoe Whitely - Decolonising Arts Institute contributor 5/6
"Cambridge historian Professor Robert Tombs added: It will be necessary to keep a very close eye on what this Commission does.
London, as our capital city, belongs to the whole United Kingdom, not just to the Mayor & his appointees."

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