Remain-supporting politician has become foot soldier in Cabinet’s attacks against ‘woke’ policies
When the Museum of the Home in London’s Shoreditch wanted to remove the statue of the slave shipowner Sir Robert Geffrye that adorns the front of its building, the charity’s trustees received a strong warning from the culture secretary.
“The government believes that it is always legitimate to examine and debate Britain’s history, but that removing statues, artwork and other historical objects is not the right approach,” Oliver Dowden wrote to the board last summer. “As a government-funded organisation, I would expect you to be mindful of the above approach.”
