Let's rename Lord Street in Southport to show support for Ukrainian people

Southport journalist Martin Hovden writes: With an increasing number of towns and cities across the world renaming major thoroughfares to show solidarity with Ukraine, Southport should take the lead in the UK.

Lord Street could be renamed “Independent Ukraine Street” or “Free Ukraine Street” - this would be a symbolic gesture to express our town's disgust with the atrocities being committed on a daily basis by Putin.

This is from this morning's Guardian: The Lithuanian capital Vilnius has given the Russian embassy a new address on “Ukrainian Heroes’ Street” to protest against the invasion of its pro-western neighbour.

“From today, the business card of every employee of the Russian embassy will be decorated with a note honouring Ukraine’s fighting, and everyone will have to think about the atrocities of the Russian regime against the peaceful Ukrainian nation when writing this street name,” Vilnius mayor Remigijus Simasius claimed in a statement.

Southport's gesture could be on a temporary basis, but it would send a strong message of support for the brave people of Ukraine.