Well I'd defend Clamps on that because he doesn't strike me as as left wing at all, but I guess it depends from where you are looking.
The "left wing" at this current point in time waste too much energy attacking their own. The Owen Jones of this world (and we have a few on here) are far more...
It's not a binary argument. In certain instances they cut through public sector bureaucracy to get someone in place, in other instances they put people/things in place where clearly there were better alternatives.
They might have won this round of court cases but have lost a number of others...
Taking down a statue isn't erasing history.
A statue doesn't represent "history", it represents the historical and current celebration of it. Each has to be taken on it's own merits but there are a number of statues in London (for instance) that should not be displayed in a civil space in a...