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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T01:55:26.000Z",
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    "after being graffitied with pro-Gaza messages",
    "'Cultural desecration!' Martin Daubney launches furious tirade after Winston Churchill statue defaced",
    "'This isn't Churchill we're dealing with!' Donald Trump lashes out at Keir Starmer over Iran war as he cuts trade with Spain",
    "Winston Churchill's statue in Parliament Square vandalised by pro-Palestine protesters",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThe statue of Winston Churchill has been restored to its former glory after being graffitied with pro-Gaza messages.\n\nBlowtorches and paint brushes were used to clean the statue which stands in Parliament Square Garden.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe 12-foot-tall sculpture of the former Prime Minister was sprayed with messages which read \"stop the genocide\", \"free Palestine\", and \"globalise the intifada\".\n\nA man has since been charged with criminal damage, which he denies, after being arrested at 4am on Friday.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nCaspar San Giorgio, 38, appeared in Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday to enter his plea.\n\nThe statue he is accused of damaging is worth £11,970, the court heard.\n\nWhen asked to confirm his name, he initially said it was Olax Outis - but his lawyer clarified his name was Caspar San Giorgio on his passport.\n\nHe was remanded in custody and will next appear at Southwark Crown Court on March 30.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nReform UK was happy to see the statue, unveiled in 1973, cleaned.\n\nA party spokesman said it was \"great to see the Churchill statue being cleaned up today after it was vandalised\".\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said the graffiti was \"completely abhorrent\".\n\n### WINSTON CHURCHILL IN THE HEADLINES - READ MORE:\n\n\n\n\n  * 'Cultural desecration!' Martin Daubney launches furious tirade after Winston Churchill statue defaced\n  * 'This isn't Churchill we're dealing with!' Donald Trump lashes out at Keir Starmer over Iran war as he cuts trade with Spain\n  * Winston Churchill's statue in Parliament Square vandalised by pro-Palestine protesters\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"Churchill was a great Briton. This Government will always stand up for our values and the perpetrator must be held to account,\" it added.\n\nThe monument to the former Prime Minister has been vandalised before.\n\nIn 2020, Black Lives Matter protesters sprayed messages on the sculpture accusing the World War-winning PM of being a racist.\n\nLater that year, an Extinction Rebellion activist was ordered to pay more than £1,500 after painting \"racist\" on its plinth.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIn a statement, a Home Office spokesman said: \"Sir Winston Churchill is a figure of great national pride. The vile vandals defacing this statue are a disgrace.\n\n\"The Metropolitan Police have taken swift action to arrest the perpetrator, and the statue of Sir Winston will be restored back to its original glory.\"\n\nThe statue is one of 12 in Parliament Square which includes fellow historic world leaders such as former US President Abraham Lincoln, South African President and campaigner Nelson Mandela, and Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Winston Churchill statue restored to former glory after being defaced with pro-Gaza graffiti"
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