Chris Evans had to take down the Churchill mural after it was vandalised. He said: “We never imagined it would attract complaints”

Protesters have objected to a chain of “Blighty” cafés in north London that they say glorifies colonialism.

The Blighty UK Café in Finsbury Park, which serves tea in Winston Churchill mugs in a room decorated with model Spitfires and a statue of the wartime leader, has had to remove a mural after it was repeatedly vandalised. Protesters sprayed words such as “scum”, “warmonger” and “imperialist” on the walls.

Mr Evans with the cafe’s statue of Winston Churchill TIM STEWART NEWS

Another branch, the Blighty India Café in Tottenham, is the subject of a petition on the campaigning website 38 Degrees, calling for it to be redecorated to avoid causing offence. There is no evidence that the protests are connected.

Zainab Ali Khan, Ewa Leszczynska and Jasmine Davies, who live in Haringey, have gathered 71 signatures for their