Dr Ian McCormickMay 6, 2023
Who would have thought that a farcical feudal ceremony backed by a fascistic flag-shagging government would lead to the oppression of free speech?
When you lament the totalitarianism of China or Russia, recall the demise of civil liberties in the UK today. #AbolishTheMonarchy
Show threadJon CuttingMay 6, 2023
@postfilm abolishing the monarchy won't get my support until I have some confidence in the superiority of any proposed replacement. But I am disgusted and worried by the arrest of peaceful legitimate protestors.
Show threadSamuelJohnson
@debenore @postfilm Ireland, Germany and many others manage perfectly well with an elected head of state. No need whatever for feudal anachronisms.
May 6, 2023 at 4:19pmWeb
Show threadJon CuttingMay 6, 2023
@samueljohnson @postfilm yes some countries have made it work. Others not so much.
Show threadСер Пітер ЛордMay 7, 2023
@debenore @samueljohnson @postfilm Actually, there's no need for any form of "Head of State": the UK just has to grow up. (So do others, btw).
Show threadSamuelJohnsonMay 7, 2023
@peter_lord @debenore @postfilm It is useful, as in Ireland, Germany and others, to have a person with specific responsibilities such as signing legislation into law (or referring to a supreme court for consideration as to constitutionality). In the UK the crown is a rubber stamp which is obliged to prorogue parliament, sign legislation etc, and has only fictional authority.
Show threadСер Пітер ЛордMay 7, 2023
@samueljohnson @debenore @postfilm You've just made the case for the abolition of the UK monarchy. Now convince 10's of millions of others...
(Based on recent evidence, telling them that it would release £350M per week to spend on the NHS would probably swing it! )
Show threadSamuelJohnsonMay 7, 2023
@peter_lord @debenore @postfilm I am not British and am largely indifferent to the desire of many British to live in a heritage theme park riddled with anachronisms like leasehold property tenure, unelected bishops in the legislature, sectarian laws on the statute books, royal exemptions from taxes, hereditary legislators, titles of nobility and all the rest of the feudal nonsense they imagine is "world beating".
Show threadСер Пітер ЛордMay 7, 2023
@samueljohnson @debenore @postfilm Sadly, some of us have to live with all of that by accident of birth...
Show threadSamuelJohnsonMay 7, 2023
@peter_lord @debenore @postfilm It was all imposed by force on my country (Ireland) and eventually removed by force from most of it - - a gerrymandered legacy colony imposed at gunpoint remains and awaits the dustbin of history, like monarchy. Performative loyalty to the crown remains a hallmark of settler colonialism abroad and amnesia and ignorance in Britain.
Show threadСер Пітер ЛордMay 7, 2023
@samueljohnson @debenore @postfilm You're preaching to the choir there.