Home secretary calls damage to statues disgraceful

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has called the vandalism of several statues in Parliament Square, including one of women’s votes campaigner Dame Millicent Fawcett, “disgraceful”.
Transgender campaigners gathered on Saturday in front of Parliament to protest against the Supreme Court ruling that biological sex defines a woman for the purposes of the Equality Act.
Cooper said she welcomed the Metropolitan Police’s investigation and that the government will strengthen the law “to better respect and protect important memorials”.
The force said seven statues were damaged and they are investigating the incidents as criminal damage. No arrests have been made.
A statue of former South African prime minister Jan Smuts was graffitied with the words “trans rights are human rights”.

Source: BBC | Language: English