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Bristol mayor responds to criticism over toppling of slave trader statue

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Bristol mayor responds to criticism over toppling of slave trader statue

Bristol mayor responds to criticism over toppling of slave trader statue

Bristol mayor Marvin Rees responds to criticism from Westminster over the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston by Black Lives Matter protesters.


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