The city has officially withdrawn the sculpture and committed to ending the current Fourth Plinth program. This victory belongs to the 2,565 people who demanded accountability for this public space. Keep watching the council records to ensure this reversal is permanent.
December 24, 2022
Final supporters
Sadiq Khan's City Hall cannot be trusted with the Fourth Plinth. A succession of unpopular installations has lowered the quality of one of the UK's most important public spaces. The next two will cost half a million pounds, and include a statue of John Chilembwe, whose bloody rebellion targeted civilians and who preached beside the decapitated head of one victim. This is hugely offensive and shows that the Mayor has failed in his responsibility to care for this historically and culturally vital site. It is also hypocritical given the Mayor's position on reviewing the appropriateness of the capital's statues.
This petition calls for the John Chilembwe statue to be withdrawn and for the Fourth Plinth Programme to be ended as a waste of public funds.
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Reached 2,500 supporters
October 1, 2022
September 30, 2022
We are approaching the 2,500 signature mark and need a final push to force City Hall to address these costs. Post this link on your Facebook page and tag the Mayor to ensure he sees our demand. Send a direct email to your local representative today to confirm they are aware of this public outrage.
Reached 1,000 supporters
August 16, 2022
Reached 100 supporters
July 22, 2022
July 21, 2022
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need to hit this milestone before the week ends. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and text three friends to demand this funding stops.
731 Comments
Khan is a disgrace and an embarrassment to this country. It will only get worse after the next election. Reclaim the 4th plinth now and get one of our own up there; how about Admiral Collingwood from Trafalgar.
It is inappropriate and offensive to have a statue of someone who was involved in the killings of innocent civilians and who preached next to a severed head. It is especially offensive to consider such a statue be placed in Trafalger Square, alongside Nelsons column - the great naval hero
Yet more hilarious hypocrisy from idiots like our current mayor. He wants to tear down certain other statues, but yet he wants to erect one of this bloke. You are desecrating our great capital and nations heritage/image.
Statues in a major British square should represent British artwork or notable British citizens; the 4th plinth has had a series of bizarre edifices that are not representative of the capital or our country.
Chilembwe was in no sense a hero. He was an unforgivably evil murderer. It is bad enough that a statue exists; it is singularly perverse that such a statue should be put in an esteemed position. This cannot be allowed.
Imagine a statue of a white man who had preached to the congregation next to the head of a black man on a spike!
expensive hypocrisy
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The city has officially withdrawn the sculpture and committed to ending the current Fourth Plinth program. This victory belongs to the 2,565 people who demanded accountability for this public space. Keep watching the council records to ensure this reversal is permanent.
December 24, 2022
Final supporters
Sadiq Khan's City Hall cannot be trusted with the Fourth Plinth. A succession of unpopular installations has lowered the quality of one of the UK's most important public spaces. The next two will cost half a million pounds, and include a statue of John Chilembwe, whose bloody rebellion targeted civilians and who preached beside the decapitated head of one victim. This is hugely offensive and shows that the Mayor has failed in his responsibility to care for this historically and culturally vital site. It is also hypocritical given the Mayor's position on reviewing the appropriateness of the capital's statues.
This petition calls for the John Chilembwe statue to be withdrawn and for the Fourth Plinth Programme to be ended as a waste of public funds.
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
October 1, 2022
September 30, 2022
We are approaching the 2,500 signature mark and need a final push to force City Hall to address these costs. Post this link on your Facebook page and tag the Mayor to ensure he sees our demand. Send a direct email to your local representative today to confirm they are aware of this public outrage.
Reached 1,000 supporters
August 16, 2022
Reached 100 supporters
July 22, 2022
July 21, 2022
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need to hit this milestone before the week ends. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and text three friends to demand this funding stops.
731 Comments
Utterly vile to put up a statue of an anti-British genocidal murderer, who beheaded William Livingstone in his home, in front of his wife and children. Who next, Hitler? This country has lost the plot!
Khan is a disgrace and an embarrassment to this country. It will only get worse after the next election. Reclaim the 4th plinth now and get one of our own up there; how about Admiral Collingwood from Trafalgar.
It is inappropriate and offensive to have a statue of someone who was involved in the killings of innocent civilians and who preached next to a severed head. It is especially offensive to consider such a statue be placed in Trafalger Square, alongside Nelsons column - the great naval hero
Yet more hilarious hypocrisy from idiots like our current mayor. He wants to tear down certain other statues, but yet he wants to erect one of this bloke. You are desecrating our great capital and nations heritage/image.
Statues in a major British square should represent British artwork or notable British citizens; the 4th plinth has had a series of bizarre edifices that are not representative of the capital or our country.
Chilembwe was in no sense a hero. He was an unforgivably evil murderer. It is bad enough that a statue exists; it is singularly perverse that such a statue should be put in an esteemed position. This cannot be allowed.
Imagine a statue of a white man who had preached to the congregation next to the head of a black man on a spike!
expensive hypocrisy
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Utterly vile to put up a statue of an anti-British genocidal murderer, who beheaded William Livingstone in his home, in front of his wife and children. Who next, Hitler? This country has lost the plot!