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The activists claimed victory after Tim Parker, the National Trust’s chairman, announced he would be stepping down. They had intended to put forward a motion of no confidence at the forthcoming AGM, which was backed by 50 members. The National Trust denied that Mr Parker’s decision to quit his post had anything to do with the anti-woke campaign and had been long planned.
The Restore Trust is a forum designed to discuss concerns about The National Trust.
Members are furious at the heritage charity’s plans to investigate the links of its properties to slavery and colonialism.
They also oppose the Trust’s Colonial Countryside project, which explores ties of 11 sites to Caribbean slavery or the East India Company.
The activists accuse the National Trust of pursuing a woke agenda and fear Britain’s cultural heritage risks being sacrificed at the altar of left-wing revisionism.
A spokesman for the group said that Mr Parker would “not be the last” and that they were mobilising for the removal of Hilary McGrady, the trust’s director-general.
He also said that the organisation had over 10,000 supporters and was in a financial position to be able to “hold feet to the fire.”
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“We have to rescue Britain’s heritage from the hands of worthless wokes.”
A spokesman for the National Trust insisted that Mr Parker’s departure had been agreed long in advance and had been delayed by the Covid pandemic.
He also said that the Trust had no plans to shelve its historical investigations into slavery and colonialism.
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