Margaret Thatcher Statue in Her Hometown Vandalised Twice in 2 Weeks

Margaret Thatcher Statue in Her Hometown Vandalised Twice in 2 Weeks
Plastic sheeting covers the plinth of the newly installed statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in her home town of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, on May 15, 2022. Joe Giddens/PA Media
Alexander Zhang
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A statue of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been vandalised for the second time since it was erected in her hometown two weeks ago, with red paint spilled over it and a communist symbol spray-painted on fences surrounding the monument.

The act of vandalism took place in Grantham, Lincolnshire, on the evening of May 28. The back of the statue was covered in red paint and a hammer and sickle symbol representing the communist ideology was spray-painted on fencing around the site.