Other suggestions proposed by about 300 pupils aged five to 13 as part of the project to address injustice, prejudice and racism were BAME Park, Multi-faith Park and Diversity Fields.<\/p>\n
Rainbow Park, Freedom Peace and Harmony Park and the Peace Park of Equals were also put forward, along with Ramsey Park and MacDonald Park - an apparent deconstruction of Ramsey MacDonald, the former Labour leader, who had tenuous links to landmarks in the area.<\/p>\n
Brent Borough Council said it is continuing its engagement work pending a formal decision on a new name, which it has been searching for since the eruption of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.<\/p>\n
At that time, Gladstone - widely considered to have been one of Britains greatest political leaders - was swept up in a local review of historical figures involved in the slave trade, over his push for slave owners like his father to be compensated following abolition.<\/p>\n
Although he went on to call slavery the foulest crime in history, he was named in a council-commissioned dossier of historical figures whose views, in association with the slave trade, are inappropriate.<\/p>\n
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