Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

'Not my king': anti-monarchist arrests spark criticism in Britain
AFP ^ | Sep 13 | AFP

Posted on 09/13/2022 11:01:31 AM PDT by RandFan

British police faced criticism from civil liberties groups on Tuesday over their treatment of anti-monarchy protesters who have publicly challenged King Charles III's accession to the throne and the groundswell of public support for the royal family.

Footage went viral on social media on Monday of a female protester holding aloft a "Not My King" protest placard who was then confronted by at least four officers outside the UK parliament in London.

She was seen being escorted away from the spot, and was reportedly made to stand at another location away from the gates of parliament.

Lawyer and climate activist Paul Powlesland also wrote on Twitter that he had been warned by an officer that he risked arrest after he held up a blank piece of paper opposite parliament.

"He confirmed that if I wrote, 'Not My King' on it, he would arrest me under the Public Order Act because someone might be offended," he wrote alongside video showing him talking to an officer.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: chat
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-40 next last

1 posted on 09/13/2022 11:01:31 AM PDT by RandFan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: RandFan

“Help Help, I’m being repressed!”


2 posted on 09/13/2022 11:02:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dfwgator

They are subjects. Not Citizens.

They Don’t have a 1St Amendment..


3 posted on 09/13/2022 11:04:52 AM PDT by uranium penguin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: RandFan
My sources tell me that these malcontents were hoping for King Ralph.
That’s what happens when you confuse the movies with reality.


4 posted on 09/13/2022 11:11:01 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

Charles is a fop.
He is also a globalist climate nutter.
He will never amount to the leader his mother or grandmother was.


5 posted on 09/13/2022 11:15:44 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dfwgator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtYU87QNjPw

“We don’t have a lord!”


6 posted on 09/13/2022 11:17:51 AM PDT by packagingguy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

The whole idea of royalty in this day and age is offensive. I’m talking about the institution, not the individuals.


7 posted on 09/13/2022 11:18:35 AM PDT by circlecity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: uranium penguin
"They Don’t have a 1St Amendment.."

Do we have it anymore?

8 posted on 09/13/2022 11:19:24 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be a peaceful slave in new Socialist America.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: packagingguy

“Bloody Peasant!”


9 posted on 09/13/2022 11:21:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Pajamajan
Trump Supporter Has Home Raided By Armed FBI For Attending J-6 Rally That She Did Not Attend
10 posted on 09/13/2022 11:27:27 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be a peaceful slave in new Socialist America.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

I think the British people don’t get or don’t care or both that incidents like 4 cops strong arming a woman protestor who apparently was only carrying a sign that read “Not My King” are WHY respect for the formerly “GREAT” Britain inexorably continues to fall in America.


11 posted on 09/13/2022 11:38:24 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RandFan
Lawyer and climate activist Paul Powlesland

I thought Charles was deep into the climate change hysteria, no?

UK is in dire need of pro-monarchy people, even though the current royals might be worn out.

12 posted on 09/13/2022 11:40:29 AM PDT by Right Wing Vegan (Pot legalization licenses every degenerate pothead piece of trash to force drug neighbors.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: uranium penguin

They Don’t have a 1St Amendment.
………………………….
We have it but Biden and the FBI are making sure we don’t have it much longer.


13 posted on 09/13/2022 11:40:33 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Romans 12:12)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

If you’re a Brit, he’s your king.

The end.


14 posted on 09/13/2022 11:43:05 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: circlecity
Before you write off monarchy or constitutional monarchy, think about the concept of the Divine Right of Kings, wait a minute.

What on earth is wrong with the concept that a ruler has been given a sacred charge from God to rule over and to defend his country and people, and defend Christianity, and that he will indeed be held accountable by God for what he does or does not do during his reign?

Likewise, what on earth is wrong with the concept that people ought to obey just laws strictly, and render loyalty and service to their leaders (serve in whatever government roles they are required to and pay taxes), and to amend unjust and imperfect laws?

Queen Elizabeth 2 was as good as a political leader can get. If she had more duties and powers according to UK law she would have done more and better things for the UK.

You think it's better to have the system we have here, where the elections are rigged, where the politicians are these heathen sociopaths who start penniless and retire billionaires from their graft? Who pass phone-book-thick laws without reading them, just because some Arab pagan or Chinese bastard has them on their payroll? You think our politicians believe they owe God or anyone anything in the way of job performance?

No, they are arrogant, ignorant apostates, who believe in nothing but their narcissistic selves.

I would rather have a QE2 than a lying atheist creep like Biden ruling over me.

15 posted on 09/13/2022 11:43:44 AM PDT by caddie (We must all become Trump, starting now!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: caddie

“the concept of the Divine Right of Kings...”

Except the God of the Bible warned the Israelites against yearning for a king, and told them exactly why they would regret it. All of those reasons still apply, and even more so now that God has given us a true king that no earthly man can aspire to.


16 posted on 09/13/2022 11:56:58 AM PDT by Boogieman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

>>She was seen being escorted away from the spot, and was reportedly made to stand at another location away from the gates of parliament.<<

At least she was not cuffed and placed in leg irons.
UK, you have nothing to worry about, for the time being.


17 posted on 09/13/2022 11:59:10 AM PDT by 353FMG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: circlecity
The whole idea of royalty in this day and age is offensive.

Of course it is. That's why we need term limits.

18 posted on 09/13/2022 12:00:36 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: bk1000

Sheesh, aren’t you describing Biden?


19 posted on 09/13/2022 12:01:03 PM PDT by 353FMG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: caddie
“Before you write off monarchy or constitutional monarchy, think about the concept of the Divine Right of Kings, wait a minute. What on earth is wrong with the concept that a ruler has been given a sacred charge from God to rule over and to defend his country and people”

That’s the same argument king Ahab used. And it’s demonic. “They walked in the ways of Jeroboam.”

20 posted on 09/13/2022 12:02:05 PM PDT by circlecity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-40 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson