A charity established to commemorate Sir Winston Churchill officially changed its name, launched a new website, and deleted all photos, achievements and other related content of the wartime prime minister from its website, which triggered In response to the unanimous protests and opposition of its supporters, they believe that the current management of the organization is trying to "rewrite history" and deliberately discredit a great person.
Churchill
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust was established in 1965 by , the husband of the Queen of England, who had just passed away. Prince Philip , sponsored by Queen Elizabeth II, is now Changed its name to Churchill Fellowship.
Queen Elizabeth II and Churchill in his youth
Prime Minister Churchill has been under more and more attacks in recent years. In 2020, protesters wrote "racism" slogans on his statue in Parliament Square. Visitors to Churchill’s former residence in Kent will be reminded that it has something to do with "colonialism and slavery." University of Cambridge 's Churchill College (Churchill College) is also under pressure to change its name due to "racial tolerance".
Churchill statue is graffiti
Churchill said more than 80 years ago that Britain should rule India, although this point of view was later retracted, this remark was placed under a magnifying glass as a stain many years later.
The renamed new website cut off a 1,400-character eulogy on the original site to commemorate Churchill. The article praised Churchill as a "very beloved leader" with a "bulldog-like spirit" and likes to drink brandy and cigar.
Also disappearing are the pages describing the great achievements of his life and the complete biography of Churchill, along with a picture of him holding his iconic cigar in his office and a picture of him in the parliament.
Now on the new website, there is no picture of him. Instead, there are pictures of Julia Weston, the current CEO of the foundation, and members of the board of directors.
Disappeared websites and pictures
The original website has an introduction to Churchill's life
is now on the new website Julie Churchill Ya's introduction
The management's operation aroused strong opposition from critics, including volunteers from the charity.
A critic said: "It is incredible that the man who saved this country in our darkest hour found himself disappeared like this."
Another angry Churchill supporter told the UK Media: "In a BBC poll in 2002, he was chosen by the people as the greatest British, but now he has been erased by the Woke leadership of his charity." It is a kind of leftist "awakening movement" popular in Europe and the United States. A person, especially a celebrity, can't fully conform to the current mainstream ideology (such as anti-racism, anti-sexism, etc.). It is inappropriate to say If it is, it will be pulled out and enlarged infinitely, and then you will die socially and completely disappear from the public view. It is also called "cancel culture".
"You can’t imagine how he (Churchill) would comment on this, but I’m sure he would not consider this to be the most glorious moment in Britain. The man who saved this country in our darkest hour was cancelled in this way ."
Some volunteers accused the leadership of the foundation of trying to "rewrite history" and cater to the "cancellation culture."
Churchill’s supporters believe thatAll this should be blamed on the CEO Ms. Weston and her leading "left-wing woke" concept. In an email sent three weeks ago, Ms. Weston announced the news of the foundation’s name change and the launch of the new website, saying: “For some time, we learned that our previous name was misleading because it did not Reflect our true identity."
According to her LinkedIn page, Weston has been working for the charity since June 2008. Official documents show that her annual salary is between 90,000 and 100,000 pounds.
In an online article titled "Racism is Unacceptable", the charity stated that Churchill’s life was "controversial" and that the organization did not agree with his racist views. At that time, the charity was established to Thanks to his outstanding leadership in the war years, he is a "very respected prime minister."
Then the article mentions racism again: "Many of his views on race seem unacceptable today, and we also hold this view."
's new website "About On our About us page, there is no more information about Churchill now.
A media critic said that the charity that was originally named to commemorate Churchill now condemns Churchill as a racist. After all, he was a man of that era. Now he has not only obliterated his achievements but also humiliated him. This Are you catching up with the trend of "political correctness"?
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