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How does he plan to tackle Bristols growing problem with inequality and its racist past? 'I said to Marc Quinn, ''The emails from racists are coming to me - where are you?''. Read about our approach to external linking. It would be really nice to get rid of this complexity that I dont have words for, and not be a problem for anyone. But now, no: I think theres something really rich in it.. Some of the closest people to us were poor, white kids. Thats Lazarus economics, whereby rich people sit round a table and a few crumbs fall off. Video100th birthday card request goes viral, Finding positivity in lockdown through photography, Unbelievable - this EMF song is 30 years old. He added that he was keen not to have the statue row define his leadership. US presidential race reaches climax. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Britain signs deal for 90million doses of two possible MPs warn the UK is 'sliding towards a cold war' with China 'This is my son, Beau, who a lot of you helped elect to the Senate': Joe makes his worst gaffe yet by America (and the world) holds its breath: Millions vote to deliver their verdict on the most divisive ever HENRY DEEDES: Boorish Don was like a child with his bottom lip dragging. Its not a neutral act. Rees is about to appoint a dedicated lead on housing, who will try to get to grips with all this. And other questions, The Countdown: Election anxiety? But he talks about the challenges with an energetic sense of purpose particularly when it comes to the paltry share of new housing developments given over to affordable homes. The words "Marvin Must Die" appeared outside Mr Rees' family home overnight on Friday. Theres a pause. My primary carers were white, and from a really well-known, old Bristol family. Rees defeated the incumbent mayor of his home city of Bristol, super-vigilant city news outlet the Bristol Cable, Flatpack democracy: the new English political revolt, of the now-infamous statue of Cecil Rhodes. 'Having said that, I have made no secret of my wish that the statue be taken down many, many years ago. When asked about those threats, Mr Rees said: "I've asked the council, and the police are working with us on this, to review all of our security. And if I become mayor, Ill end up spending money on the social consequences of you doing a development that compounds our inequalities. 'I choose to focus on the issues of substance,' he said. I said to them, If you build a development with no affordable housing, it has an impact. Rees wont be drawn on the Colston statue (a landmine question, he says), so I try another tack. An earlier version described Marvin Rees as the UKs first black mayor; that has been amended to say he is the first directly elected black mayor. His election as UKs first black mayor was deeply symbolic. But what are you going to do about it? The challenge was: join a party, get yourself elected and take up a position of influence.. We didn't mean to scare you: Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance defend their '4,000 deaths a day' M&S shoppers can book timed slots to do their food shop as new lockdown looms - while Primark boss demands TONY BLAIR: How we can - and MUST- make this the last lockdown Britain has to face. In August 2019 Marvin angrily demanded to know who the campaigners were and in response to their proposals cited a record in office of being amazing, without, of course, any concrete commitment to a memorial and museum. And its not the fault of individual people. "The council's approach to security needed to catch up with where the mayoral model is. So what youre doing is asking me to support something I think will hurt Bristol. It is not an option to come here and expect to do development without making sure there are houses for real people., While Jeremy Corbyn was hardly in the foreground of Khans London campaign and Khan followed his win by further distancing himself from the Labour leader he seem to have a much more harmonious relationship with Rees. But the first thing you have to do is recognise it and not pretend its not an issue.. And they came up with a beautiful description that sounded like something from an estate agent: Forward-looking people, after something different. I said, No whos going to live here? And a colleague of mine said: Are there any affordable homes? They said, No. They just kept on saying theyd come up with a community building for local people. Rees, after all, had become not just the local elections other big Labour story, but also the UKs first directly elected black mayor. As in other rapidly changing cities, gentrification is a charged issue, with many long-term residents feeling pushed out. The comments below have been moderated in advance. Now, the Bristol Mayor says he has received thousands of abusive and racist emails from Britain First supporters, as well as messages from BLM protesters calling him an 'Uncle Tom'. I talk to mixed-race kids, and I think theres a really rich seam there to be mined, about identity, Britishness, belonging and not belonging, and how we make peace after historical injustices., How would he characterise what he has had to contend with? At a time when Oxford University students have demanded the removal of the now-infamous statue of Cecil Rhodes, I suggest, such features of the cityscape are more highly charged than ever. Rees voted for Andy Burnham in last years leadership election, but gives Corbyn his due. Mr Rees supports Black Lives Matter but said he wants to be remembered for other issues - the affordable houses he built and the steps he took to ending period poverty or introducing the national living wage. This year, by contrast, Reess win was portrayed as a loud shout from the citys more neglected neighbourhoods, and a sign that Bristolians had belatedly accepted the mayoraltys importance: turnout rocketed from 24% to 45%, and, whereas Fergusons win had been based on 31,000 first-preference votes, Rees got 56,000. Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees has revealed he has received racist abuse from both Black Lives Matter protesters and Britain First, It comes after heordered the removal of a statue of Jen Reid, a Black Lives Matter protester, just 24 hours after it was erected on the empty plinth where a memorial to the 17th-century slaver Edward Colston had stood, The dramatic moment that the statue of Edward Colston was pulled from its plinth in Bristol city centre, June 7. 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