The lord mayor of Bristol has had a portrait of the slave trader Edward Colston removed from her office after deciding she could not share her working space with the image.



Dating back to 1702, the painting has belonged to the city council for decades and has hung in the office of the lord mayor since at least 1953.

But Cllr Cleo Lake ordered that it be removed and wants it to be placed in a museum that tells the story of Bristol’s role in the slave trade.

Lake, who is coming to the end of her first month in office, said her parlour was a “lovely space”, adding: “I spend a lot of time here, I’m here nearly every day. It made me feel uncomfortable sharing the parlour with theminutes the dog received one additional experience trial per experimenter followed by a second experimental trial. This was immediately followed by two additional blocks of one experience trial and one experimental trial, conducted without a break. Every dog participated in seven experience trials with each experimenter and four experimental trials altogether.

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