Regarding protesters who were holding up signs reading ‘Not My King’ near Buckingham Palace during Saturday’s coronation, Tory MP Lee Anderson wrote on Twitter: “If you do not wish to live in a country that has a monarchy the solution is not to turn up with your silly boards.” Meanwhile, human rights organisations criticised the arrest of 50 peaceful protesters as “a dangerous precedent for us [Britons] as a democratic nation”.
While a billionaire receives a crown in a costume party -a dog parade of over 100 King Charles Spaniels included- at taxpayers’ cost, the elected (!) government cuts public spending in the long term with devastating effects for citizens.
And not to forget that the British state is arresting people for “conspiratorially planning to reveal T-shirts and flags” to protest for a fossil-free future.
Oh, what horror. Lock up these dangerous criminals post-haste.