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09.06.2020 / 07:09
Tributes to Scotland's slave owners 'should be erased' says Greens' Patrick Harvie
Patrick Harvie yesterday made an impassioned plea for historical links to slavery to be erased from Scotland’s streets after calls to topple monuments and scrap street signs.Thousands of people have backed petitions to pull down the controversial Lord Melville monument in Edinburgh city centre and remove the names of those who benefited from slavery from Glasgow landmarks in recent days.And Greens co-leader Harvie backed the move, saying we can only “tackle Scotland’s deep-rooted racism” once