Peace campaigner Brian Haw spent 10 years camped outside the Palace of Westminster.
Brian Haw spent nearly 10 years in Parliament Square protesting about UK and US foreign policyA statue of Brian Haw will be installed in south London following a crowdfunding campaign
Mr Haw died from lung cancer aged 62 in June 2011 having spent nearly 10 years in Parliament Square protesting about UK and US foreign policy.to put a bronze maquette of him on a plinth opposite the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth.Media caption,The peace campaigner became a fixture in Westminster from 2001, where he would be surrounded by numerous anti-war placards as he shouted at politicians heading into work.
Earlier this year, a group including Oscar-winning actor Sir Mark Rylance launched an appeal to raise £50,000 to install a statue of him beside the School of Historical Dress. People were asked to donate £1.Amanda Ward's statue is based on Mr Haw's appearance in the year before he died
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