A facebook site is advertising a demonstration calling for the removal of the new Margaret Statue from St Peter’s Hill.
UK Real News says it will be held on Sunday, June 26, at 2pm. at the Guildhall Arts Centre and is described as a “demonstration asking for the removal of the evil Maggie Thatcher statue”.
Within hours of its installation on May 15, the statue was egged by a 59-year-old who was later fined £90.
It was officially unveiled on May 31, just hours after it had been daubed with red paint and a hammer and sickle symbol was painted on the protective sheeting surrounding it at the time.
It was attacked again on Wednesday, with red white and blue paint daubed on it.
A spokesman for South Kesteven District Council said: “Further vandalism of the memorial to Baroness Thatcher at St Peter’s Green in Grantham is disappointing and we will be sharing all available evidence with Lincolnshire Police.
“While SKDC understands the strength of feeling surrounding the memorial, it condemns the actions of those who seek to damage any public property, or otherwise break the law.
“It was anticipated that the memorial would be a talking point and a focus for debate attracting a range of opinions and there is no doubt that she polarised opinion in terms of her politics and her legacy.
“It is right, however, that her achievement as Britain’s longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century and the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom, should be recognised in her home town.”
Two CCTV cameras have been installed by the council to deter acts of vandalism, and an appeal was issue yesterday to identify those invovled in the second attack.
Baroness Thatcher, the longest serving prime minister of the 20th century, was born in Grantham in 1925. She died in 2013.
The £300,000 statue was paid for by private donations.
It came to Grantham after being turned down by Westminster council following advice from the Metropolitan Police that it would be a ‘target’.
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