{"id":1530461,"date":"2025-04-15T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1530461"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:25:00","slug":"british-pm-starmer-purges-historical-artworks-replaces-them-with-diverse-dawbings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/british-pm-starmer-purges-historical-artworks-replaces-them-with-diverse-dawbings\/1530461\/","title":{"rendered":"British PM Starmer Purges Historical Artworks; Replaces Them With ‘Diverse’ Dawbings"},"content":{"rendered":"

British PM Starmer Purges Historical Artworks; Replaces Them With ‘Diverse’ Dawbings<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

British Prime Minister Kier Starmer has removed scores of historical artworks from 10 Downing Street and replaced them with objectively awful drawings in the name of \u2018diversity\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The works Starmer ordered pulled down as part of the cultural purge include portraits of William\u00a0Shakespeare, Winston Churchill,\u00a0William Ewart Gladstone,\u00a0Margaret Thatcher, Sir Walter Raleigh,\u00a0and past British monarchs including Elizabeth I.<\/p>\n

The leftist leader has replaced paintings of those historical figures with what can only be described as ugly doodles by \u2018modern artists\u2019.<\/p>\n

British PM Keir Starmer has removed 69 paintings of British royalty, Churchill and Shakespeare inside Downing Street, the official residence of the British PM.<\/p>\n

Paintings of notable British historical figures have instead been replaced with \u2018woke\u2019 modern art reflecting\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/sPMf89Uqo9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The Daily Mail<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> was last night accused of being in thrall to \u2018the wokerati\u2019 after the full list of the paintings removed from No10 since he moved in was revealed.<\/em><\/p>\n

Portraits of historic figures such as Elizabeth 1, Mary, Queen of Scots, Sir Walter Raleigh and William Shakespeare were among the 69 works of art \u2018deinstalled\u2019 from the Government Art Collection since the election.<\/em><\/p>\n

The revelation comes after a long Freedom of Information battle with the Tories<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Among their replacements are Altar, a scene from the 2023 Falmouth Reggae Festival in Cornwall by Denzil Forrester.<\/em><\/p>\n

Other paintings include All Things Being Equal, by the Nigerian abstract artist Nengi Omuku, which \u2019employs the human body as a medium to convey internal experiences\u2019 by \u2018using oil paint on strips of Sanyanan indigenous fabric from pre-colonial Nigeria<\/a>\u2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

Then there is Almond Clasp by the British-Ghanaian Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, who specialises in \u2018brooding portraits of Black life\u2019, and Still (III) by Christina Kimeze, who currently has an exhibition \u2018inspired by the resurgence of roller skating in Black communities\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

10 Downing Street, the official residence of the Prime Minister isn\u2019t even open to the British public, so this move by Starmer isn\u2019t even a virtue signalling stunt.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s presumably just because he can\u2019t stand to be surrounded by British historical culture.<\/p>\n

No one hates England and English people more than Kier Starmer<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ninety Degrees (@quasiantipodean) April 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Indeed, he described the Thatcher portrait as \u201cunsettling\u201d and remarked that he did not want to be stared down upon by a painting.<\/p>\n

Outrage as Sir Keir Starmer removes \u00a3100,000 portrait of Margaret Thatcher in ‘petty’ move after PM found it ‘unsettling’ https:\/\/t.co\/TWy9I9KJ0B<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SBrZwXdEI0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cYou are not fit to lick her court shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cristo slams Keir Starmer for removing a portrait of Margaret Thatcher from 10 Downing Street, because it made him feel \u201cunsettled.\u201d@cristo_radio<\/a> | #Talk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Talk (@TalkTV) August 31, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Just look at what was chosen as a replacement.<\/p>\n

Is that crayon?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nonna (@ginger1236) April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

It looks like an 8 year old did it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We’ve replaced historically relevant art with children’s crayon drawings. This sums up our current govt nicely.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Saskia (@Saskiaaa_____) April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

They\u2019re laughing at us.<\/p>\n

Maybe they can get some macaroni pictures and popcorn necklaces next.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Old Soul (@noapologyUSA) April 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Part of the Marxist long march through the institutions<\/p>\n

\u2014 Occam’s Razor (@OccamsHO0U812) April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Other \u2018art\u2019 Starmer chose to buy with taxpayer money and display:<\/p>\n

Sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth I doubtless come and go in Downing Street (unlike portraits of former great PMs), but I’m fascinated by the artworks which Starmer has chosen to hang instead: Portuguese feminist postmodernity, colourless, almost soulless. These reflect (on) him. pic.twitter.com\/gYVgfMen46<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Adrian Hilton (@Adrian_Hilton) October 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of the ‘diverse art’ that leftist British Prime Minister Kier Starmer has replaced scores of historical portraits of British cultural figures with inside 10 Downing St. \ud83e\udd74 pic.twitter.com\/KB1XljxcXT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Acclaimed artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye\u2019s ‘Almond Clasp’ now hangs at No.10 Downing Street, the UK Prime Minister\u2019s official residence. The British-Ghanaian artist, known for her evocative portraits of Black life, joins a new wave reshaping the UK Government Art Collection pic.twitter.com\/jn9gWRt5Cl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ghanaspora (@ghanaspora) April 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Hands up Brits, who identifies with that one? No?<\/p>\n

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Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 04\/15\/2025 – 09:25<\/span><\/p>\n

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