History Is Being Altered Without Due Process, UK Report Warns

History Is Being Altered Without Due Process, UK Report Warns
Police officers walk by the defaced statue of Winston Churchill, in London, on Sept. 10, 2020. Simon Dawson/Reuters
Alexander Zhang
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Public history is being altered in the UK through removing statues, renaming streets, and changing school curricula without a rigorous and non-partisan process, a British conservative think tank has warned.

A paper (pdf) written by broadcaster Trevor Phillips and released by the Policy Exchange think tank on Monday said there has been “widespread national concern about the growing trend to alter public history and heritage without due process.”