Here I am with it last year. It looks down on my desk as I write this. I understand India's wish to remove colonial statues but he was an architect, not a viceroy.”X user Oliver Lewis wrote: “This is genuinely appalling by the Govt of India. Lutyens designed the building and built for India probably the most fantastic Head of State ‘HQ’ anywhere in the world.” To which Ridley replied: “Agreed. You should be happy Indians didn’t knock that bust of your grandfather off with a hammer.”

Source: The Times February 25, 2026 09:23 UTC