Lee Anderson lets rip at anti-monarchy protesters at Coronation
Lee Anderson erupted at anti-monarchy protesters taking to the streets on the day of the Coronation.
Demonstrators from the Republic group, which campaigns to abolish the Royal Family, wore yellow shirts and carried indicators saying “Not My King” as they held a rally within the capital.
Plenty of the protesters, together with Republic’s chief govt Graham Smith, had been arrested by police hours earlier than the service at Westminster Abbey kicked off.
Mr Anderson, who is thought for being outspoken and is not any stranger to controversy, took to Twitter to slam the activists.
The Conservative Party deputy chairman mentioned: “Not My King?
“If you don’t want to stay in a rustic that has a monarchy the answer is to not flip up together with your foolish boards. The resolution is to to migrate.”
Footage on Twitter showed officers using their powers under the new Public Order Act to apprehend protesters from Republic in St Martin’s Lane near Trafalgar Square.
In one video an officer said: “I’m not going to get right into a dialog about that, they’re below arrest, finish of.”
The Metropolitan Police confirmed four people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance on St Martin’s Lane and that lock-on devices were seized.
The force also said they made a number of breaching-the-peace arrests in the area of Carlton House Terrace and a further three arrests in the Wellington Arch area on suspicion of possessing articles to cause criminal damage.
But police have come under criticism for the arrests of protesters.
Campaign group Human Rights Watch described the arrests as “extremely alarming”, adding: “This is one thing you’d count on to see in Moscow not London.”
Nick Wall, a member of Republic and chairman of the Labour For Republic organisation, addressed crowds at a “Not My King” rally in Cardiff where he called the arrests of protesters in London “disgraceful”.
The Met earlier this week warned they would have an “extraordinarily low threshold” for protests during the Coronation celebrations, and that demonstrators could expect “swift motion”.
Under the controversial new Public Order Act, protesters who have an object with the intention of using it to “lock on” are liable to a wonderful, with those that block roads dealing with 12 months in jail.
An official letter warning of the brand new powers was despatched to Republic, which mentioned its marketing campaign across the coronation would proceed as deliberate.
A mammoth policing operation was underway at the moment for the Coronation with 1,500 officers on obligation.
Huge crowds lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the King and Queen on their Coronation day.