Arrested for holding a banner - can't ruin a big day, can we... PART 2

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A continuation of the debate started at https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4800317-arrested-for-holding-a-banner-cant-ruin-a-big-day-can-we?page=39&reply=126045871

@Crustsamongus if you want to read up on a fully thought through alternative then the Republic website is worth checking out 😄

https://www.republic.org.uk/an_elected_head_of_state

Watching Eurovision last night I wondered what the cost/tourism benefit ratio was vs the Coronation.

I would love to know that, I really would. A very good friend of mine who loves the RF but hates Eurovision said to me.... but what about how much Eurovision cost?! (knowing I am not a Royalist)
The trouble is... there would be transparency about the costings for Eurovision but not the same for Coro, especially as they never give figures for security which are eyewateringly massive.

Select Committee on Policing of Protests today

Suzie Melvin(Night Stars, Westminster Council) was arrested, the night before the coronation, even though their high visibility jackets displayed the Met police logo...

Diana Johnson(Chair) was speechless after hearing her account

https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1658782335666380801?s=20

That is fucking outrageous. The Met police are just a law unto themselves. Wtf is going on and what the fuck are they going to do about it?!

And yet they are still nowhere to be seen when Just Stop Oil block the roads

Two tier policing

Lee Anderson - always has something to say.

I think he was pleased that Graham Smith got locked up

MPs' Probe Into Coronation Arrests Descends Into Slanging Match | HuffPost UK Politics (huffingtonpost.co.uk)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/21/it-was-utterly-surreal-police-accused-of-farcical-error-after-14-arrested-at-seminar-on-day-of-coronation