Comments on: One hundred days of Boris as Mayor of London http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/08/07/one-hundred-days-of-boris-as-mayor-of-london/ Politics, Commentary, Culture, Technology. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:13:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/08/07/one-hundred-days-of-boris-as-mayor-of-london/comment-page-1/#comment-9358 admin Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:37:26 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/08/07/one-hundred-days-of-boris-as-mayor-of-london/#comment-9358 @Dave Cole: You could also view it as having E2R on the last plinth as a mark to the end of the Grand Royalist era, I suppose ... @Dave Cole: You could also view it as having E2R on the last plinth as a mark to the end of the Grand Royalist era, I suppose …

]]> By: Dave Cole http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/08/07/one-hundred-days-of-boris-as-mayor-of-london/comment-page-1/#comment-9355 Dave Cole Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:02:40 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/08/07/one-hundred-days-of-boris-as-mayor-of-london/#comment-9355 Oh dear... I'm going to be accused of rampant Republicanism, but I don't think we should put a statue up the Queen so quickly, For one thing, it seems slightly macabre to be publicly plotting HM's remembrances when she is still alive; for another, part of me thinks its a good idea to let a few years go past before we start commemorating people. Beyond that, I like the Fourth Plinth idea and I like it where it is. Using one of the original fittings for a modern (in the sense of contemporary) and changing piece of art does something to prevent the Square from becoming stale and it refocuses the public gaze on the Square every couple of years; no bad thing. Is there room for an equestrian statue of E2R on Whitehall or the Mall? xD, Dave Coles last blog post..<a href="http://davecole.org/blog/2008/08/06/im-ba-ack/" rel="nofollow">I’m ba-ack!</a> Oh dear… I’m going to be accused of rampant Republicanism, but I don’t think we should put a statue up the Queen so quickly, For one thing, it seems slightly macabre to be publicly plotting HM’s remembrances when she is still alive; for another, part of me thinks its a good idea to let a few years go past before we start commemorating people.

Beyond that, I like the Fourth Plinth idea and I like it where it is. Using one of the original fittings for a modern (in the sense of contemporary) and changing piece of art does something to prevent the Square from becoming stale and it refocuses the public gaze on the Square every couple of years; no bad thing.

Is there room for an equestrian statue of E2R on Whitehall or the Mall?

xD,

Dave Coles last blog post..I’m ba-ack!

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