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Politics Unpacked

One month after Colston

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

A month after the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston was toppled in Bristol, Matt Chorley talk's to the city's Mayor Marvin Rees about how the protests have changed the city.

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1:06.5

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1:17.0

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1:25.0

Hello and welcome to the Red Box Politics Podcast, I'm Matt Chorley.

1:28.6

Now about a month ago we spoke to Marvin Reese, the Mayor of Bristol, about the toppling of the Edward

1:34.2

Colston statue and what that meant for him. And for the city, so we thought one

1:38.0

month on we'd go back and speak to him on my times radio show. It's a fascinating listen he talks a lot about the politics

1:44.8

but also about his own personal experience particularly being stopped by the police something we don't think

1:48.8

he's spoken about before. So this is Marvin Reese, the mayor of Bristol.

1:53.2

Talk to me on my Times Radio show.

1:57.6

Now then, a month ago, this was the sound in Bristol. Crowds cheering as the statue of Slave Trader Edward the street was first torn down.

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