Clive of India isn’t welcome in Shrewsbury either

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/clive-of-india-isnt-welcome-in-shrewsbury-either

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Jean Garner objects to his monument in the Shropshire town and is hoping for Thangam Debbonaire’s support in getting it removed

Thangam Debbonaire is concerned about visiting Indian citizens and dignitaries having to walk past a statue of Robert Clive in London (Labour peer calls for removal of Clive of India statue from outside Foreign Office, 11 August). I’m sure the people of Shrewsbury are equally concerned about having to walk past the Clive statue on our high street and main square.

Five years ago, a petition on the subject was signed by 9,000 people. The council responded by keeping the statue and taking three years to produce a small interpretation board. The people of Shrewsbury do not want to be associated with this “unstable sociopath” (as William Dalrymple called him), and look forward to Debbonaire’s support for its removal.Jean GarnerMinsterley, Shropshire

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