Like their woke counterparts in the United States, leftist agitators in the United Kingdom love to deface statues of historical figures to try to get whatever warped point they’re trying to make out there.
Statues of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill have been frequent targets of their ire, as we saw during the 2020 George Floyd protests and riots, for instance, when the Churchill statue in Parliament Square was repeatedly defaced.
At one point, it had to be boarded up:
It’s also had to be protected from pro-Palestinian mobs, as seen in this 2024 clip:
On Friday, it happened again, where antisemitic messages were sprayed on both the statue itself and its base by an agitator connected with the anti-Israel group Palestine Action:
London police said they caught a vandal red-handed — or at least with red paint — after he defaced a statue Friday of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in central London with pro-Palestinian graffiti.The 38-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage for allegedly painting “Zionist war criminal” on the plinth beneath the 12-foot statute of Churchill leaning on a cane that faces Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police said.“Stop the Genocide” and “Free Palestine” were also painted in red on the bronze sculpture.
“Globalize the intifada” was also spray-painted onto the statue’s base:
Dutch group Free the Filton 24 claimed responsibility for the action on Friday morning, posting a video on its Instagram account appearing to show a man defacing the statue.
The group defines itself as “family and friends” of the Palestine Action activists who were charged over a break-in at one of Israel-based defence firm Elbit’s UK sites in 2024.
Responding to the attack, a Home Office spokesperson said: “Sir Winston Churchill is a figure of great national pride. The vile vandals defacing this statue are a disgrace.”
The condemnations were swift:
Fortunately, the statue and base have since been cleaned, but that doesn’t mean it will stop the vandals/agitators from doing it again:
Ari Fleischer correctly pointed out that none of this should surprise anyone, especially after the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians:
After October 7, why would this surprise anyone?The fools who did this and those who support them would have supported the Nazis in WW II. Of course they hate Churchill, just like they hate the West today.They want radical Islam domination.And they’ll kill us to get it.
Yep.
– Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via X. –
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