Why does everything have to be a "culture war"? It's thoroughly depressing how pretty much anything these days has to be framed as "woke" (or the opposite, whatever that's called). On the flip side, it's mildly entertaining how easy it is to upset people when something even marginally...
Except that the new Police & Crime Bill brings in a maximum sentence of 10 years for damaging a monument. As it's been pointed out, in future you can be more severely punished for defacing a statue, than being convicted of rape (where the starting point is 5 years). Perhaps an interesting...