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Great-nephew of former foreign secretary condemns those who feel ‘entitled to attack the totems’ of British culture and history
A descendant of Arthur Balfour has demanded that the Government and institutions take firm action over attacks on British culture, after a portrait of the Edwardian-era prime minister was defaced with red paint.
An activist with the radical group Palestine Action spray painted a portrait of Lord Balfour, who promised the Jewish people a homeland while foreign secretary in 1917, before taking a knife to the artwork, which hangs at the University of Cambridge.
The current Lord Balfour has condemned the act of vandalism and called for firm action to curb attacks on the symbols of Britain’s past.
Roderick Balfour, the fifth Earl of Balfour...