What a curse to be British
It must be quite annoying to have the whole world (including half your own population) weigh in on
your history and demand repentence and reparations and whatnot for the deaths of a millions of people, despite the fact that since 1688 it is by far the country which has contributed most to human freedom and prosperity. Despite all its cruelties you'll be hard pressed to find a more benign Empire in human history in terms of leaving a lasting legacy of lifting generations of people out of poverty, bondage and repression.
And now it boils down to "Let's remove the statue of the guy who symbolizes facing and defeating an existential threat to everything we value".