Extract from PMQs: Falklands - Apr 21
Thursday, 22 April 2021 08:03
Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con): I was deeply concerned at the
weekend following reports in the Sunday Express that the statue of
the great United States President Ronald Reagan that once stood in
Grosvenor Square has been removed and remains out of public sight.
I know the Prime Minister will agree with me that President Reagan
was a true friend to the United Kingdom who, alongside Margaret
Thatcher, ended the cold war and supported Britain during the
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con): I was deeply
concerned at the weekend following reports in the Sunday Express
that the statue of the great United States President Ronald Reagan
that once stood in Grosvenor Square has been removed and remains
out of public sight. I know the Prime Minister will agree with me
that President Reagan was a true friend to the United Kingdom who,
alongside Margaret Thatcher, ended the cold war and supported
Britain during the liberation of the Falkland
Islands. Now that our American friends have
moved to a new embassy in Wandsworth, does the Prime Minister agree
that President Reagan’s statue should be moved to a more prominent
location on Parliament Square, so that visitors from home and
across the globe can honour this remarkable man?
The Prime Minister: Did you notice, Mr Speaker,
how those on the Opposition Benches recoiled at the idea of the
recapture of the Falkland
Islands? We have just heard the hon. Member
for Cardiff North () say that she was ashamed of her country. It is no
wonder that people take that kind of attitude. I think my hon.
Friend is entirely right in what he says about President Reagan. He
was a very distinguished president. It is not up to me to install a
statue for him; I think that is for the Greater London Authority. I
think he has to appeal to the current Mayor of London, although let
us hope that there is a new one to do justice to the memory of
Ronald Reagan.
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