BLM activist statue ‘must come down’

PLINTH Statue of Jen Reid

THE Mayor of Bristol has vowed to remove the statue of a Black Lives Matter activist that replaced one of slave trader Edward Colston.

Colston’s statue was torn down and dumped in the harbour by BLM protesters last month.

A statue of BLM activist Jen Reid was secretly put on its plinth in the early hours of yesterday.

Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, said: “I understand people want expression, but the statue has been put up without permission. Anything put on the plinth outside of the process we’ve put in place will have to be removed.

“The people of Bristol will decide its future.”

The statue of Colston is being restored and will be housed in a museum.