Kevin WandtkeMay 6, 2023
Dr Ian McCormick
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
May 6, 2023 at 12:46pmWeb
Show threadDr Ian McCormickMay 6, 2023
This is not China. This is not Russia. This is London in 2023.
Current state of British democracy, RIP. #AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing
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 threadChristoMay 6, 2023
@debenore @postfilm
Why do we need any replacement. We have Prime Ministers and Diplomats
Show threadJon CuttingMay 6, 2023
@Christo98 because they don't persist through changes in government
Show threadSamuelJohnsonMay 6, 2023
@debenore @postfilm Ireland, Germany and many others manage perfectly well with an elected head of state. No need whatever for feudal anachronisms.
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.
Show threadfuzzyfaceMay 7, 2023
@debenore
Replacement in what capacity exactly? Whilst democracy appears to be the least worst system we have, we do already have it and there is no part of it that *requires* the monarchy. Or do you refer to tourism?
@postfilm @peter_lord
Show threadKevin RussellMay 6, 2023

@postfilm

Neither funny nor exageration.

Show threadlegraLeGraMay 6, 2023
@postfilm Every major network this morning in NYC is carrying live coverage of the coronation (CBS,NBC,FOX,ABC). It is inescapable. I would, quite frankly, prefer my normal Saturday morning news scape.
Is it like this elsewhere in the world when the US swears in its president?
Show threadAT-AT Assault 🏳️‍⚧️May 6, 2023

@postfilm

Tankies have taken over the government of the island that spawned that term.

Show threadAdamJensenSIMay 6, 2023
@postfilm You are wake up very lately, really. Where you was before? Or it wasnt a monarchy with Queen Elizabeth?
Show threadJim GoodallMay 6, 2023

@postfilm
Read the news.
When "protesting" includes the throwing of rape alarms at the horses, with the intent of spooking them and possibly injuring military members or the general public, then those protesters SHOULD be arrested.

Did you miss that part?

"intelligence indicated groups and individuals were planning to use and throw rape alarms in order to disrupt the coronation procession."
"There was concern that this would scare horses involved in the procession"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/06/head-of-uks-leading-anti-monarchy-group-arrested-at-coronation-protest

Police accused of ‘alarming’ attack on protest rights after anti-monarchist leader arrested

Graham Smith, head of Republic, among those detained on coronation route with environmentalists and women’s safety campaigners also held

The Guardian
Show threadJon CuttingMay 7, 2023
@jimgoodall the article doesn't link the three arrested in Soho with the demonstrators who were later arrested unloading placards.
Show threadJon CuttingMay 8, 2023

@debenore @jimgoodall Oh dear.

https://news.sky.com/story/police-arrested-volunteers-handing-out-rape-alarms-over-coronation-disruption-concerns-12875150

Police 'arrested volunteers handing out rape alarms' over coronation disruption concerns

Sky
Show threadDr Ian McCormickMay 7, 2023
@jimgoodall dodgy police intelligence? Met removed their tweet about this, after it had been widely reported. Very effective propaganda?