Winston Churchill

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by @christoph
2021-02-22T08:00:01+00:00
Diversity & Inclusion
UK School removes JK Rowling as house name stating she is not a "suitable representative"
J.K. Rowling reads from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at the Easter Egg Roll at the White House in 2010.
J.K. Rowling reads from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at the Easter Egg Roll at the White House in 2010. Credit: Daniel Ogren (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0)

Following a decision made by students at Seaford Head School in East Sussex, United Kingdom, one of the houses will no longer be named after JK Rowling. The reason named is "her recent words about the trans community".

In addition, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill has been removed as name-giver as "a figure who promoted racism".

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by @ash
2020-06-04T15:30:01+00:00
Regional News • Americas • United States
White House speaker compares Trump's church photo-op to Churchill's WWII leadership
Kayleigh McEnany addresses her remarks at a White House press briefing Friday, May 1, 2020,
Kayleigh McEnany addresses her remarks at a White House press briefing Friday, May 1, 2020, Credit: The White House from Washington, DC / Public domain

Kayleigh McEnany, White House press secretary, compared Donald Trump posing in front of St. John's Church with a bible to Churchill inspecting bombing damages during WWII in a press statement on Wednesday.

"Through all of time, we've seen presidents and leaders across the world who have had leadership moments and very powerful symbols that were important for a nation to see at any given time to show a message of resilience and determination. Like Churchill, we saw him inspecting the bombing damage, it sent a powerful message of leadership to the British people, and George W. Bush throwing out the ceremonial first pitch after 9/11.", she said and added: "And for this president it was powerful and important to send a message that the, rioters, the looters, the anarchists — they will not prevail — that burning churches are not what America is about. And that moment, holding the Bible up, is something that has been widely hailed by Franklin Graham and others, and it was a very important symbol to see that we will get through this, through unity and through faith."