Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of england |
| From | Russ |
| Date | 2002-04-03 23:18 (2002-04-03 23:18) |
| Message-ID | <20020403161835.00472.00000114@mb-mq.aol.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | David Flood |
| Followups | David Flood (30m) David Flood (23h & 47m) |
In article <a8fpae$s84mu$1@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de>, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>writes:
Doesn't mere advocacy come under 'sedition' rather than 'treason' which requires some sort of overt act?The UK (or English - it predates the union with Scotland) Treason law is this sort of law. In theory, it's a serious matter to advocate the end of the monarchy. In practice, the state never takes legal actionDavid Flood
againstthe many people who do.And yet it's still on the statute books.
If (God forbid) a far-right government ever came to power - the present Tories supported by the BNP, for example - then it's not too much of a stretch to imagine such laws possibly being implemented with earnestness in NI, for example, if the political will existed.
Russ
2002-03-30-
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