with the name of edward coles and also said that they will be taking down the statue that they have to own the school premises so already we can see the reverberations of the protests his actions having an impact with some of those institutions named after edward coles the now trying to disassociate themselves with those problematic elements of the past well in the past at the home secretary has given a statement on the legality of protests pretty purcel underlines the government's fair that while protests are illegal right the current situation means they shouldn't go ahead. the right to come together and express office peacefully remains one of the cornerstones of allen great democracy. members across this house sharon ensuring commitment to uphold liberty and freedom of expression but under the basis of respect to the rule of law. but as our nation baffles coronavirus these are not normal circumstances so to protect us all and to stop the spread of this deadly disease any large gatherings of people are currently on the awful. so i want to remove the statue of edward cullen in this w

sunday didn't it yes absolutely in brazil we've seen those images coming out of the statue of edward cole's tonight because there was somebody who was a slave in the. eckstein hundreds and lot of the wealth he made was made off the back of the slave trade and he had a statue which had been raised for him because bristol hunting a long heritage in history troubled one if you will with colonialism slavery and that statues been the subject of many many campaigns petitions and political campaigns to try to have it removed they've all failed but the test is on and we can took matters into their own hands they troops and they dragged the statue down and then rolled it across the street incense threw it into the harbor and now there are many who would welcome that amongst anti-racism campaigners but could you could sell the home secretary didn't see it that way and said now that putting down the statue of the slave owner was and how it's disgraceful well i think that if a plea disgraceful and that speaks to the at the 5th old a puppet difficult but actually it has now become a distraction from the

with the name of edward coles and also said that they will be taking down the structure that they have it's own the school traumas so already we can see the example regimes of the protests actions having an impact with some of those institutions named after edward colson now trying to disassociate themselves with those problematic elements of the past well meanwhile the home secretary has also given a statement on the legality of protests pretty brutal underline the u.k. government's view that while protests are illegal right the current situation means they shouldn't go ahead the right to come together and express our views peacefully remains one of the cornerstones of alak right democracy. members across this house share ensuring commitment to uphold liberty and freedom of expression but under the basis of respect in the local. but as our nation baffles coronavirus these are not normal circumstances so to protect us all and to stop the spread of this deadly disease any large gatherings of people are copy on the awful so was it right to remove the statue of edward colston in this way

made up for in meek bristol is one of the places that slavery got its start from traders like edward cole's. he grew wealthy dealing in human beings shipping africans across the atlantic his riches helped build the city and he was memorialized in brock's. the moment the statue fell the story of slavery and its after it come full circle. it was a time of hope. was the image is going to be helpful for new the different media people in bristol have consistently tried to get taken down they have little b. they have organized and they have not been hit. to this moment leading presented i think people taking ownership and i think he will stand by our image of black brown white. in the statue down together was a moment of astonishing chance racial unity in that each felt like a moment of historic. well. given that edward coasting was a slave trade and given that millions of africans lost their lives in the middle of the atlantic was. often you treat thrown overboard they were saying enough mythology let's put history back in the picture. the cost in statue had stood for 125 years like similar monu

quite iconic scenes in bristol over the weekend where by protesters they toppled down a statue of edward cole's to the 17th century slave trade was pulled down by protesters and thrown into a river near by now down to the south has a fair share of controversial stuff she isn't the one to mess it deep. khan has launched a review into diversity in the public realm but says that it could also in compass certain institutions i'm quite clear we shouldn't be memorializing we should be commemoration celebration as icons people who are slaves. we should be doing is making sure that the streets of london the public grown the squares and probably reflect. well the founder of the tate gallery artist that you would essentially cleanse the reputation of certain places and controversially his ancestry is actually linked to slave trade but in general the defacing or in fact the destruction of structures is completely split opinion but many a crib with the removal just not attacked. we shouldn't destroy the statues i guess we should probably move into like museums where we can appreciate the history behind it

and this is why we have his press secretary coming out -- edward coles, dolley's cousin --saying he isor something. well, he is 5'6", i think he says, and he's not. but why do we have a press secretary coming out to say this, i don't know. it's because size mattered. and dolley's height and her good health led to all kinds of scurrilous rumors about her sexuality. that she was overly sexual, that she was too, in their phrase, "hot." and so, the reason that the madisons never had children was because she was literally burning up his essence. so when you read the newspapers at the time, you realize that things were quite serious for these people. edith: and very scurrilously, she was also, during the campaign, accused of having an affair with jefferson, because she had been his hostess on various occasions. and so, you know, they extrapolated into a personal affair. susan: were they able to put that to rest? edith: i think they were able to put it to rest. he would not have been re-elected if people had actually thought that that scurrilous accusation was the truth. susan: so a question