fiona harvey, thank you for talking us through that.nce on what to do when there are calls to remove a statue of a controversial historicalfigure. the "retain and explain" policy will see histoical assets kept in place, accompanied by an explanation of their historical context. remember this — it's a statue of edward colston a 17th century slave trader. in 2020 activists removed the statue and dropped it into bristol harbour, amid global black lives matter protests triggered by the murder of george floyd in the us. let's have a look at this policy and what it means. let's have a look at this policy and what it means. i'm joined now by wafa may elamin, a socialjustice advocate in richmond, virginia, and dr christina mobley, lecturer in the history of radical ideas at the university of newcastle. thank you for coming on. the uk government has issued this new guidance, it will be controversial and will divide opinion. let's start in the uk. could you talk us through what you understand by this new policy? what you understand by this new ol