Tories no longer want to celebrate all British history as National Trust’s plans to detail historic links with slavery investigated
Boris Johnson told the virtual Tory Conference on 6th October
We are proud of this country’s culture and history and traditions; they literally want to pull statues down, to re-write the history of our country, to edit our national CV to make it look more politically correct.
As with so many Tory policies it hasn’t taken long for the view that all British history ‘as is’ must be kept to change.
A number of right-wing papers have reported on 24th October that the Charity Commission plans to investigate the National Trust’s plans to detail the links many of its properties have with colonialism and the slave trade
The charity regulator has warned the National Trust it could face an investigation over its ‘purpose’, amid claims it has strayed too far from its remit of preserving historical buildings and treasures.
The Trust sparked a woke row earlier this year after tweeting details about artefacts and buildings’ links to slavery – as dozens vowed to cancel their membership because of ‘virtue signalling’.
Daily Mail 24th October
The Head of the Charity Commission is Lady Stowell, the former Tory leader of the House of Lords. A Commons committee refused to endorse her appointment in 2018 (by Matt Hancock..) on the grounds that she lacked any experience or knowledge of the area. The appointment went ahead although Stowell was reported to have resigned her membership of the Tory Party.
It appears that the Tories are no longer keen on celebrating all of British history
Lady Stowell of Beeston
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Stowell,_Baroness_Stowell_of_Beeston
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