Was a statue toppling filmed with smartphones “assembled by modern day slaves“?

Archaeologist and TV Presenter Neil Oliver told Mike Graham today that he does not think selectively editing the past by removing statues will lead to any kind of productive or happy future. Neil found it “highly ironic” that he was able to watch a statue of Edward Colston being “torn down” in Bristol because protesters had filmed it on their smartphones, adding “many of those smartphones assembled by modern day slaves…and people were wearing clothes from sweatshops”. He said taking historical figures out