The rude word has since been removed from the statue, which cost £300,000 and was unveiled in May 2022.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12878654

A pensioner has been caught on CCTV apparently spraying the word ‘b******’ onto the plinth holding a statue of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister.

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Its installation was controversial and it has been egged and spat on – with some jokers even marking the statue as a public toilet on Google Maps.

  • @[email protected]
    19•10 months ago

    Should we just forget about all the villains of history and allow ourselves to continue being taken advantage of then?

    Forgetting what happened is why we vote in wankers again and again. Only the idiotic don’t learn.