Dr. Livingstone I Presume

FRIDAY

Another day in North Wales.

Last month, the town of Denbigh has voted to keep a controversial statue of H.M Stanley. 80%, voted for the statue to stay, 20%, voting for it to be removed. Based on that, the Town Council has decided that the statue will stay.

Henry Morton Stanley is immortalised for his famous words “Dr Livingstone, I presume” after finding the Scottish explorer on the shores of Lake Tanganyika where he had been lost in central Africa. However,  Stanley’s association with European imperialism, particularly the Belgian King Leopold II, led to objections during a period when the Black Lives Matters movement led national protests.