The BBC, amongst others, has reported that “the Metropolitan Police has expressed “regret” over the arrests of six anti-monarchy protesters on Coronation day.” As they
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The demand that we accept a fiction at the very heart of government permits widespread government by falsehood
I posted this Tweet last night: Let’s be honest: stand back and appraise this rationally and it’s bonkers pic.twitter.com/gyZAWjnQwp — Richard Murphy (@RichardJMurphy) May 8,
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Labour have utterly misjudged the public mood on the right to protest
I recorded this for the National in Scotland this morning after they had noted my comments made here on Labour’s refusal to reverse Tory laws
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Did a Tory Vice-Chair mean to oppose democracy, or did he just make a mistake?
As the Guardian has noted: The Conservative party’s deputy chair, Lee Anderson, has said that anti-monarchist campaigners should emigrate rather than use their right to
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What is Labour for now? I keep asking the question and still I can find no answer.
As The National in Scotland reports this morning: A senior Labour MP has said that the party would not repeal the Tories anti-protest legislation if they form a
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All I want is a future
I mentioned the despair of the young in my previous post. The words of this young woman seem to sum that up particularly well. Britain
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The news agenda exists to stop us asking the important questions
Just occasionally there are mornings when I wonder what to write. Most days several issues come straight to my attention, and I have no problem
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We should have the right to say no to monarchy
I share this unusually long quote from the Guardian because of its significance: Official warning letters have been sent to anti-monarchists planning peaceful protests at
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What a President might say that a monarch cannot
I noted an excellent speech made by Irish President Michael Higgins late last week. Given at the 20th anniversary of the Irish think tank TASC,
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