Iain Dale's tense debate on "censoring history" amid Cecil Rhodes statue removal | LBC

News came through that Oriel College plan to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes, to which Denise Headley thought it was about time.

Iain Dale was joined by Denise Headley to reflect on the news coming from Oxford that the statue of politician Cecil Rhodes will be removed after pressure from recent anti-racism protests.

Iain asked Ms Headley for her view on the matter, to which she insisted it was "a step in the right direction." She commended the work of young people in "leading the way in asking for things to be changed."

Cecil Rhodes has been viewed "as a symbol of oppression" according to the guest, and the removal of his statue is an indicator of how history is being slowly righted.

"History is articulated by the winners, they invariably expunge the losers and as a consequence of that you are not part of the conversation" she said.

"We shouldn't eulogise them and we shouldn't be putting them up there as bastions of goodness."

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