Seanm
pfm Member
You’re being played Brian.Students trying to make a gesture to show their concern about slavery. Sadly, they are suffering an inflated sense of self importance, they have no understanding of the history of the city of Newcastle and they actually aren't concerned about slavery given their support of child labour due to their general attitude toward consumerism. Hypocrites, really.
Things like this bring the issue of past slavery into disrepute. What about current slavery? It exists, just under a different guise.
I come from Newcastle. There is nothing wrong with having a statue of Armstrong. It needs to be left exactly as it is. Exactly. No changes.
I'm fed up of these so-called "activists". Many of them are nothing more than vandals looking for an excuse to do what vandals do.