Londoners split on whether £1.1million spent on new slave memorial is worth the money

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00:00one million I know it's a lot of money a lot of money what I like about going to

00:04museums and places now is that they do give the background of what was

00:11happening and why these people were rich because they were involved in the slave

00:15trade and I think that's very very important I'd agree that it's good money

00:19well spent but as long as also it can mean we can have a conversation about

00:24contemporary slavery as well as historical slavery I think it's not wise to spend a

00:30lot of money on statue because the peoples of our hamlet they are living in property

00:35and lots of people they are not well enough they are struggling to buy some

00:39food some people are living on food bank