marvin rees

Bristol mayor says decision was not about Reid but "about taking down a statue of a London-based artist who came and put it up without permission".

The elected mayor, who is of Jamaican heritage, said he "could not pretend" he felt "any real sense of loss" after anti-racist demonstrators pulled down the monument.

Turn our gaze to the cities, and we can find hope that a politics of inclusion can start to break through