I woke up this morning to the news that Sir Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square had been boarded up overnight. I also saw an image of the Cenotaph partially covered. 

Churchill had racist views. But so did the vast majority of people at that time. We have moved on. We rightly don’t think like that anymore. Churchill is not commemorated because of those views. He is commemorated because he led this country to victory in its greatest hour of need. He is regarded as the greatest Briton, and rightly so. 

From Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns

On 8th May 1945, Sir Winston Churchill took to the airwaves, announced that Nazi Germany had signed an unconditional surrender, and declared Victory in Europe Day. Rather than me quoting from one of the most famous speeches in history, click on the image below to hear the great man for yourself.