British Museum

The irony's lost on no-one.

'It’s probably the end of my career when I say I agree with George Osborne,' the Mayor of London joked.

The governor of Easter Island has tearfully begged the British museum to return one of their iconic statues to their island. The Hoa Hakananai’a currently sits at the entrance to the free gallery in the museum but is considered one of the most important spiritual icons to the Rapa Nui culture. The island is part of Chile but it is one of most remote places on earth, over 3500 km from South America.

It’s become clear privatisation doesn’t work for the British people