The man who became known as B-P and is behind the Scout movement – which now has 54 million members around the world – was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell in London on February 22, 1857. The son of an Oxford University professor, B-P got his early education from his mother, but he later won … Read more
The former Corbyn candidate behind the campaign to remove Baden-Powell’s statue tweeted ‘if you’re white, I don’t give a sh** about your issues with BLM protests’ as the local council was poised to take it down. It comes as a Liberal Democrat leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) council joined calls for a local museum … Read more
The former Corbyn candidate behind the campaign to remove Baden-Powell’s statue tweeted ‘if you’re white, I don’t give a sh** about your issues with BLM protests’ as the council is poised to take it down. It comes as a Liberal Democrat council leader joined calls for a local museum to put its exhibition of the … Read more
Former scouts today vowed to defend the seaside statue of Robert Baden-Powell due to be hauled down later after Black Lives Matter protesters branded him racist, homophobic and fascist as the campaign to remove approaching 80 historic monuments in Britain hurtles on. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council leader Vikki Slade, a Liberal Democrat, says the … Read more