Rhodes Must Fall
Campaigners and writers hope Black Lives Matter protesters will push for police abolition – not just toppling of statues.
Lord Chris Patten also claimed there was "hypocrisy" among critics of the statue, which is mounted onto Oriel College, Oxford.
Thousands have signed two new petitions calling for the statue of colonialist Rhodes at Oriel College to be taken down, with a protest also planned.
Exclusive: renewed opposition comes after Black Lives Matter protesters toppled monument to slave trader Edward Colston.
While the university's role in owning people is long over, its role in enlightening them is just beginning, journalist Alex Mistlin writes.
The 23-year-old compared the Rhodes statue at Cape Town University to 'swastikas in Jerusalem'.