Piers Morgan demands Oxford students who voted to remove Queen portrait be imprisoned
Piers Morgan has unleashed his rage at the Oxford students who voted to remove a portrait of Queen Elizabeth from their common room, after calling the artwork a colonial symbol
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Oxford University students vote to remove colonial portrait of Queen
It reportedly made the decision because some students believe she represents recent colonial history .
Magdalen College s president said the group did not represent the university, but the decision has already been criticised by the likes of TV host Piers Morgan and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson - who called it absurd . The Middle Common Room is an organisation of graduate students. They don t represent the College, tweeted its president, Dinah Rose QC. A few years ago, in about 2013, they bought a print of a photo of the Queen to decorate their common room.
Reactions have trailed the decision by students of Oxford’s Magdalen college in the UK to take down a painting of Queen Elizabeth from their common room stating that she “represents colonialism.”
Members of the students committee concluded that the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II will now be replaced by âart by or of other influential and inspirational people.â
During the vote to remove the picture one student commented that âpatriotism and colonialism are not really separableâ .
While another added that the picture of the queen must be ditched because âThis is about our communal space and making people feel welcomeâ, according to Guido Fawkes.