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Statue of limitations: Reagan monstrosity should be London's last

Mike Pollitt | Monday 4 July, 2011 15:38

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Today is officially London sculpture unveiling day! First, the bizarre, massive Ronald Reagan near the US Embassy:

Unveiling of President Reagan Statue

According to the Beeb, the statue proclaims: “Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot”. Which translates as “Stop your boasting, once oppressed peoples of Eastern Europe. It was the rich white American wot won it.”

Now compare Anish Kapoor’s Sky Mirror unveiled today in the City:

It’s, inclusive, interactive and pretty. The Reagan statue is intrusive, redundant and ugly. I really hope that the age of boring statues of rich men is pretty much finished now. Off with their heads, says I!

Images from The Foreign Office’s Flickr and Discovering London, an excellent London blog which I encourage you to drop in on from time to time.

UPDATE

And let’s not forget this blast from the past, where Ronald Reagan denied illegally selling arms to Iran to fund his illegal war in South America then was caught and made this breathtaking apology.

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