{"id":259900,"date":"2025-07-12T21:06:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T21:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259900\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T21:06:36","slug":"britain-must-keep-the-elgin-marbles-nigel-farage-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259900\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain must keep the Elgin Marbles, Nigel Farage says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NIGEL Farage has waded into the Elgin Marbles row saying they \u201cabsolutely\u201d should remain in Britain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The priceless artefacts must not be handed over to Greece, the Reform UK boss said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nigel Farage on LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast show.\" height=\"639\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"PA\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/reform-uk-leader-nigel-farage-1007222708_dd247c.jpg\" data-caption=\"Reform UK leader Nigel Farage\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/reform-uk-leader-nigel-farage-1007222708_dd247c.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>Reform UK leader Nigel FarageCredit: PA<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Parthenon sculptures at the British Museum.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2023-london-united-kingdom-elgin-914667553.jpg\" data-caption=\"Parthenon Marbles aka Elgin Marbles at the British Museum\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2023-london-united-kingdom-elgin-914667553.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>Parthenon Marbles aka Elgin Marbles at the British MuseumCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Visitors viewing the Parthenon sculptures at the British Museum.\" height=\"643\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Alamy\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2012-olympics-one-idea-proposed-868929400.jpg\" data-caption=\"Visitors at the British Museum view ancient sculptures in the Parthenon Galleries\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2012-olympics-one-idea-proposed-868929400.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>Visitors at the British Museum view ancient sculptures in the Parthenon GalleriesCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the British Museum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/george-osborne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Osborne<\/a> is reportedly negotiating a \u201creciprocal loan deal\u201d with the Greeks.<\/p>\n<p>In return Athens would \u00adprovide the museum with revolving displays of other ancient artefacts.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Farage told the Sun on Sunday: \u201cNo. If the Elgin Marbles had stayed in Greece, they wouldn&#8217;t even exist today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe British Museum has been the most fantastic protector for some of the world&#8217;s treasures and should continue to be so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Person viewing ancient sculptures in a museum.\" height=\"701\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Alamy\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2012-olympics-one-idea-proposed-868928874.jpg\" data-caption=\"Visitors at the British Museum view ancient sculptures in the Parthenon Galleries\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2012-olympics-one-idea-proposed-868928874.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>Visitors at the British Museum view ancient sculptures in the Parthenon GalleriesCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n<p>This week former Tory prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/liz-truss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz Truss<\/a> and historian Dr David Starkey signed a letter to Sir Keir Starmer claiming the museum is part of a &#8220;covert&#8221; and &#8220;accelerating campaign&#8221; to hand the marbles to Greece.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cThose trying to undermine our national culture should be taken on, not appeased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liz Truss at the Conservative Party Conference.\" height=\"641\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"PA\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/liz-truss-arrives-conservative-party-937209491.jpg\" data-caption=\"Liz Truss has also intervened this week\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/liz-truss-arrives-conservative-party-937209491.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>Liz Truss has also intervened this weekCredit: PA<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"George Osborne speaking at a panel discussion.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/george-osborne-speaks-onstage-political-1000659658.jpg\" data-caption=\"Chairman of the British Museum George Osborne is reportedly negotiating a \u201creciprocal loan deal\u201d with the Greeks\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/george-osborne-speaks-onstage-political-1000659658.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the British Museum George Osborne is reportedly negotiating a \u201creciprocal loan deal\u201d with the GreeksCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>The marbles, also called the Parthenon Sculptures, were shipped to London in the early 19th Century when Lord Elgin was British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n<p>Greece has been demanding their return for decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A law prevents treasures like the Marbles from being given away by the museum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The British Museum in London.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2023-london-england-british-museum-975373488.jpg\" data-caption=\"British Museum which is home to the Elgin Marbles\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2023-london-england-british-museum-975373488.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>British Museum which is home to the Elgin MarblesCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>And the British Government says there are no plans to change the law.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after a deal was struck with France to loan the UK the Bayeux Tapestry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NIGEL Farage has waded into the Elgin Marbles row saying they \u201cabsolutely\u201d should remain in Britain.\u00a0 The priceless&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[802,748,527,393,299,36,4884,1450,528,257,384,1144,386,712,935,520,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-259900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-brexit","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-conservative-party","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-europe","15":"tag-france","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-greece","18":"tag-labour-party","19":"tag-london","20":"tag-nigel-farage","21":"tag-northern-ireland","22":"tag-reform-uk","23":"tag-scotland","24":"tag-section-newspolitics","25":"tag-sir-keir-starmer","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom","28":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114842303906685002","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}