Statues of British military heroes could be removed from a square in Glasgow following an anti-slavery, anti-colonial backlash from SNP council bigwigs. As part of an overhaul of George Square in Scotland’s second city, no fewer than 11 statues are set to be removed – and while the council has insisted they’ll be back in 2027, their reinstitution could be at the behest of an “antislavery working group”. Glasgow’s SNP-led local authority had commissioned a review into public artwork following the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, which included the drawing-up of a list of ‘cancellable’ figur…
