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Labour peer calls for Clive of India statue to be removed
The Guardian
|August 12, 2025
A prominent Labour peer has called for a statue of Clive of India to be removed from its high-profile spot outside the Foreign Office in London, arguing that visiting Indian citizens and dignitaries should not be forced to walk past it.
Thangam Debbonaire said the statue commemorating Robert Clive's bloody establishment of British rule presented the UK in a poor light and was historically inaccurate.
"That statue continues to promote him in a victorious mode and as a symbol of something that had universal good," she said.
This story is from the August 12, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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