Russ
In article <a8fpae$s84mu$1@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de>, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>writes:

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 action

David Flood
against

the 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

NI, for example, if the political will existed.

Russ
Doesn't mere advocacy come under 'sedition' rather than 'treason' which requires some sort of overt act?