banksy

The question doesn't really matter. Whoever placed this fake statue on Waterloo Place certainly has chutzpah. (Assuming it was put their unofficially rather than as some kind of oddball marketing campaign... you never know in London.) The satirical statue, which depicts a man marching off a precipice while blinded by a massive flag, appeared outside the Athenaeum Club on Waterloo Place earlier today (29 April 2026). The mocking of authority and easy symbolism smacks of Banksy and, indeed, the artist's name is at the base of the plinth. However, he has yet to claim ownership of the work, and it