Jack - absolutely, the British Empire was built on it and you cannot change history or make good the errors of 200 plus years ago BUT you can change a lot in 2020 from perpetuating the glory of past wrongs and this statue IMO was one of them.
My argument is that the mayor was totally inept and as being of West Indian descent he should understand his failure, especially to those with the same background, and he should resign!
But that option seems not to be chosen by public figures sadly