The rude word has since been removed from the statue, which cost £300,000 and was unveiled in May 2022.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12878654

A pensioner has been caught on CCTV apparently spraying the word ‘b******’ onto the plinth holding a statue of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister.

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Its installation was controversial and it has been egged and spat on – with some jokers even marking the statue as a public toilet on Google Maps.

  • uienia@lemmy.world
    16·
    10 months ago

    There are other historical villains than Hitler. It isn’t an either/or situation.

    • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      10 months ago

      Someone with a different economic ideology is not a “villain”.

      It’s such a weird way of viewing politics.