Talk:Statue of Oliver Cromwell, Westminster

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Did you know... that in 2004, a group of Members of Parliament proposed melting down the statue of Oliver Cromwell (pictured) which had stood outside the Houses of Parliament for 105 years?

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Dubious

"In 2004, a group of Members of Parliament including Tony Banks, proposed a motion that the statue should be removed and melted down. The move was not supported by all, and other MPs suggested that the statue should be moved somewhere else.^[1]" The citation given requires a subscription so I have not checked it but this claim seems very doubtful. I presume the cited article is similar to this which refers to an Early Day Motion 1172^[2] in which case the wiki article gives far too much weight to a proposal backed by just a handful of MPs. Nedrutland (talk)

References

^ "Oliver Cromwell statue moving". News of the World. 16 May 2004. p. 29. Retrieved 2 August 2012. (subscription required)
^ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/print/2003-04/1172

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Not a WP:RS, but explanation enough: [1]. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:08, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Oliver Cromwell statue moving". News of the World. 16 May 2004. p. 29. Retrieved 2 August 2012. (subscription required)

[2] ttp://www.parliament.uk/edm/print/2003-04/1172

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