‘Not in this town’: artwork about Britain’s ‘nuclear colonialism’ removed

Tory councillors are accused of censorship over installation on atom bomb tests in Australia in a Southend park

An Australian artist has accused a group of Conservative councillors of using bullying strategies" to silence and censor her work after an installation she created to highlight Britain's identity as a colonial nuclear state" was removed from a park in Essex.

The councillors threatened to take action against the work" if it was not removed, according to Metal, the arts organisation that commissioned and then removed the installation from Gunners Park in Southend.