In Pictures: Winston Churchill statue at centre of protests over the years
Demonstrations in Parliament Square have inevitably seen the monument to the former prime minister targeted.
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Boris Johnson has described it as “shameful” that a statue of former prime minister Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square was at risk of attack from anti-racism protesters.
It it not the first time that the monument has been targeted by demonstrators.
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