The Royal Fucking Wedding.

[durhamleft]

Sorry if I've missed a previous thread about this:

I am sick to fucking death with all these absolute idiots harping on about the wedding. Especially these bloody Americans who are 'celebrating' it: if you want a royal family so much take ours and I'll pay for the fare.

Undemocratic, unaccountable and out of touch- you all already know this so I'm preaching to the converted, I know. But I'm getting so worked up watching the bloody BBC. Can we please rant to each other about this so I don't smash my TV. I've even made a flag that reads 'ROYAL PARASITES' that I've hang on the window to counter the fuckers with their union jacks up the street. ARGHHHHHHHHHHH. :thumbdown:

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

its fucking tragic that so many working people think they have any business giving the tiniest shit about these parasites and their scummy wedding. its conveniently helped people forget may day too. nothing but a soap opera designed to keep the masses distracted whilst the ruling class shafts them.

[SJBarley]

hear fucking hear!

[Lord Testicles]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13230115

Melvin's fucking sick with it too.

[Arlekino]

That why I so hate TV, special BBC changed to style of ITV.

[Rooster]

_CiXYnrBgJo

[Quail]

Tornadoes have swept the US, there's shit going on in the ME, and what is the news predominantly concerned with? The royal fucking wedding. Disgraceful.

[RedHal]

one of the reasons I don't watch TV anymore:tt2:

[durhamleft]

Tornadoes have swept the US, there's shit going on in the ME, and what is the news predominantly concerned with? The royal fucking wedding. Disgraceful.

To whom it may concern,

I am writing to complain about the repugnant nature of your coverage of the Royal Wedding. Throughout your coverage you have completely failed to put forward the matter of fact that many people oppose the British Monarchy as a matter of principle, and furthermore that the majority of the population simply do not care about the wedding

Furthermore, the fact you deem it to be appropriate this evening to spend the bulk of your news programming covering the wedding dress, the wedding invites, the wedding this, the wedding that etc. while barely raising a mention of the 300 American's killed in the recent tornado shows you have tragically got your priorities out of line.

The fact that a recent opinion poll showed over a 1/3 of people believe the BBC has been biased in your coverage of events shows I am not alone in this belief and I, like many others, have found myself having to be restrained from kicking a hole in my television for the last week as your coverage has been so vomit inducing.

Do you really think that a few hundred royalists sleeping on a street wearing union jack underpants is more news-worthy than the situation in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen or Syria?

While I would have expected such tosh from Sky news and the like, I would have expected better from yourselves,

I got there before you- sent to BBC complaints at 20:00. I know it's pointless but I'm just so pissed off I couldn't help it.

[RadioRaheem84]

For living in a supposed "Republic", the US has been very pro-royal with the coverage.

It seems like being anti-monarchy these days is being "vulgar".

[Rooster]

For living in a supposed "Republic", the US has been very pro-royal with the coverage.

It seems like being anti-monarchy these days is being "vulgar".

It's the American Dream (tm) to life your life in luxury, be famous and not to have done any hard work to earn it! :D

[Kuppo Shakur]

Who else bought one of those royal engagement ring replicas?:cool:

[Red Commissar]

For living in a supposed "Republic", the US has been very pro-royal with the coverage.

It seems like being anti-monarchy these days is being "vulgar".

Yeah. Can't seem to go to any of the major networks with out it being brought up. And most of the major networks are planning to bring their broadcast there during the whole wedding... only interruption over that was the non-issue that was the birther bullshit and Obama's certificate

I've always found it funny this fascination they got with royalty. I thought at first it may've been something more limited to younger children when they obsess over "princesses" and "Kings", but it seems to be more widespread than that.

But eh, I guess for you guys in Britain you get a day off :lol:

[RadioRaheem84]

It's the American Dream (tm) to life your life in luxury, be famous and not to have done any hard work to earn it! :D

People are probably more respectful of the monarchy here in the States than in the UK!

We would never want a monarchy (even if it is just grand symbolism) but we love to read all about Lady Di, her boys and the Queen!

I tried to be all pro-Republican on a thread about the movie The Queen and was totally bashed by Americans nonetheless.

Americans have been bombarded with images of luxury, pro-bourgeois propaganda and respect for the royals of the world.

It's waned since the crash, but was at it's peak just a few years before it!

Everything had a tint of glam to it. Rappers gave up their Dickies Khakis and Dirty South personas for ghetto fabulous glam chic.

Former punk princesses were attending fashion shows and wearing Prada bags.

I mean everything had to have a touch of royal socialite glam to it or it wasn't pitched.

IDK, how it was in Europe but Americans were sure being schooled in the haut couture!

[Tommy4ever]

I have a strange urge to roam about the streets pulling down Union Jacks tommorrow. :rolleyes:

You only appreciate how little you see that flag when its EVERYWHERE!

Still, day off.

[ComradeGrant]

I stopped by my moms to grab my computer today. She's out picking up my royalist grandmother from the train station (she's coming down for the wedding). Well when I got there I replaced the Union Jack in the door with my red flag and went back to my Dad's. Weird thing is we live in America.

[Wanted Man]

They're broadcasting it live on public television here (the Netherlands). The fuck?

[Robocommie]

http://i.imgur.com/9WNbp.jpg

[Tablo]

Why the fuck is the whole western world obsessed with the British monarchy? I really don't understand this shit. My parents aren't really "obsessed", but my mother, for some reason, feels like it is bad for me to say they should execute the monarchy. :lol:

[piet11111]

I hope to see some good protests on the news this afternoon.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

i've already gotten into a facebook argument this morning with some pro-monarchy twazzock who didn't like my republican statement but didn't really know why. how fucking backwards are we?

[Johnny Kerosene]

I've got a friend that I usually chat with for few hours at night, but they went to bed at like 9 so they could get up at 3 and watch the the fucking wedding. I'm going to mock her later for doing this since she says she's a socialist.

[Wanted Man]

Why the fuck is the whole western world obsessed with the British monarchy? I really don't understand this shit. My parents aren't really "obsessed", but my mother, for some reason, feels like it is bad for me to say they should execute the monarchy. :lol:

I guess the reason for the Netherlands is that we're also a monarchy, and that we're fairly anglophilic.

What I don't understand is why Americans are so enchanted with it. I mean, helloooooo? History lesson, much? I wonder what variety of Americans like it the most. The conservative, American nationalist types, or "left" liberal types who are obsessed with everything "Euro"?

[GallowsBird]

Sorry if I've missed a previous thread about this:

I am sick to fucking death with all these absolute idiots harping on about the wedding. Especially these bloody Americans who are 'celebrating' it: if you want a royal family so much take ours and I'll pay for the fare.

I keep saying that! I hate that breed of American... they are fine with not having a monarchy in their country but they want the UK to have one and actually get offended if they meet a UK citizen who actually hates the institution of monarchy.... strange.


I've even made a flag that reads 'ROYAL PARASITES' that I've hang on the window to counter the fuckers with their union jacks up the street. ARGHHHHHHHHHHH. I was thinking of burning one of those Wills & Kate union jacks out of protest but I didn't want to buy one.

The reason they, the powers that be, are making a big thing out of this, other than their conservative nationalist tendencies, is to cover the fact that our economy is going down the drain. The best ways to divert the people's eyes to how they are being neglected is to give them a quick war to boost the national ego or give them a poncy-prancy celebration and tout it as something great from the nation even though it does nothing for the "common people".
If they really cared about the plight of the people they'd get rid of all the fat cat banks, the idea of shares and improve the health insurance. But no David Camoron only cares about "bigging-up" his relatives who scrounge around in palaces while the workers pay the the rent for them.

[brigadista]

i will leave it to bob to say it all...feeling truly nauseated

xbatcGngrvA

[bcbm]

i'd like to wish all the best to the happy couple and hope they have a beautiful wedding and splendid honeymoon

[Robocommie]

i'd like to wish all the best to the happy couple and hope they have a beautiful wedding and splendid honeymoon

The sincere socialist position

[Nicolai]

its fucking tragic that so many working people think they have any business giving the tiniest shit about these parasites and their scummy wedding. its conveniently helped people forget may day too. nothing but a soap opera designed to keep the masses distracted whilst the ruling class shafts them.

The same can be said about mass-media celebrities; for some reason, people hail whoever who can kiss the capitalist chain of ass the most. :sneaky:

[bricolage]

so what did we all think of the sarah burton?

[brigadista]

the butchers apron hung all over london...

[Chambered Word]

You'd think that more people would give a shit about it in Australia, part of the Commonwealth, but they don't. I'm fine with this. But seriously, get them off the fucking television.

[StoneFrog]

This week i found myself arguing about the monarchy on a daily basis, once i put out some rational reasons this wedding is bad; i get the response which is repeated and repeated

"But, the royal family and the wedding bring in a lot of money for the people"

then i just cant help myself...
its just a face palm situation, i mean if you asked the same people a year ago what they thought of the monarchy im sure they'd be singing a different tune. Just another media wash to get support for nationalism.

I do often like to watch "The Wright Stuff" i mean today its the only program that gave a hint taking the piss out of the wedding...yet about every 10 min it gets interupted by a report on the wedding news.

I am about sick of this.

[El Chuncho]

Everyone is telling me that I should be happy for their wedding, but think of how much money they wasted on this gaudy spectacle! I find it shamefully ironic that this wedding of one person born into extreme power and a rich girl is considered more important than hospitals, worker's rights, cleaning the streets, fixing ruined buildings and creating a better standard of living as a whole. No wonder Cameron was making so many cuts. :rolleyes:

[Thirsty Crow]

They're broadcasting it live on public television here (the Netherlands). The fuck?
In Croatia, they're broadcasting it live on public TV, and two other private TV stations.
I'm truly amazed.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Kate looks radiant, and William looks every bit the true gentleman he is.

Just the epitome of class, the both of them. Such grace and class. God save the queen.

[Qayin]

Such grace and class. God save the queen.
:laugh:

[robbo203]

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/apr11/royal_welding.html#top

Royal Welding

Scientists have almost succeeded in crossing an endangered inbred species with a specimen from the related species homo-partius-animalis. The splicing of Prince William of Diana, KFC with the Right Ordinary Kate Middlebrow will take place under closed circuit conditions in front of 1900 specially invited observers, with appropriate ambient vibrations provided by a bank of sterilised musical 'pop' androids, before the couple retire into a private mansion to bonk out what is hoped will be the next generation of media darlings. "It's pretty crucial they get this right", said one mating specialist, "as results have been so disappointing for the last three generations. There's a real danger the line may go extinct, or gaga, and Britain could end up being a garden-variety republic like France."

Experts say that it is quite hard to train royal breeds as they have a tendency to run off at the mouth and look stupid in front of cameras, or else punch the people holding the cameras. They have to be kept on a severely rich diet and protected from work and other hereditary allergies while at the same time being represented as 'normal' people who 'do things'. They are secluded from prying spotters yet must remain visible enough so that people can remember who they are. They are surrounded by obsequious flunkies and then told that they are 'serving the nation'. They must be prevented from expressing opinions and embarrassing themselves in public, since like many celebrities they tend to believe that because everyone is looking at them they must be clever people with something to say. Finally they must at all times profess their loyalty and devotion to a political system which regards them as anachronistic nobodies who should by all historical logic and precedent have long since been shot in a cellar. Not surprisingly these restrictive and paradoxical conditions often lead to strange and delusional behaviour, especially in the elder males. Many of them tend to speak in a strangulated squeak from permanently contracted sphincters, a conditioned reflex learned from their public school upbringing. The females often go off the rails entirely and have to call in Lord Max of Hastings to conduct damage limitation.

For the sartorially curious, Kate Middleroad will be wearing a dress worth several African dictators. William's younger brother and best man will turn up in a Nazi uniform for a bit of a lark and a nod to their forebears. Charles will be dressed as a cactus.

Wills, as the adoring public love to call him according to the Daily Mail, saw active service behind the lines of bodyguards and became a highly trained helicopter pilot, a fact that may come in useful if ever the republicans stage a coup and the Royal Benefit-Scroungers need to do a swift bunk to Sweden. He is descended from many notable English monarchs including Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Ivor the Cutler and Vlad the Impaler. However, anti-royal spoilsports may retort that this pedigree is genetically spurious, since like all humans Willy probably shares more genes with the Neanderthals than he does with his great-great-great-grandfather.

Wills gets given a dukedom as a wedding present, which lasts a bit longer than a set of towels from BHS. Meanwhile we get a day off, which lasts a day. But hey, let's not be churlish. It's a bit of a show, a bit of pomp, a bit of nonsense our descendants will scratch their heads over. And it's no worse than the X-Factor.

HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE! (Trans: if you don't like it, f**k you!)

PJS

[black magick hustla]

happy birthday and merry easter rabbit egg day queen elizabeth

[Kamos]

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/apr11/royal_welding.html#top

Royal Welding

Scientists have almost succeeded in crossing an endangered inbred species with a specimen from the related species homo-partius-animalis. The splicing of Prince William of Diana, KFC with the Right Ordinary Kate Middlebrow will take place under closed circuit conditions in front of 1900 specially invited observers, with appropriate ambient vibrations provided by a bank of sterilised musical 'pop' androids, before the couple retire into a private mansion to bonk out what is hoped will be the next generation of media darlings. "It's pretty crucial they get this right", said one mating specialist, "as results have been so disappointing for the last three generations. There's a real danger the line may go extinct, or gaga, and Britain could end up being a garden-variety republic like France."

Experts say that it is quite hard to train royal breeds as they have a tendency to run off at the mouth and look stupid in front of cameras, or else punch the people holding the cameras. They have to be kept on a severely rich diet and protected from work and other hereditary allergies while at the same time being represented as 'normal' people who 'do things'. They are secluded from prying spotters yet must remain visible enough so that people can remember who they are. They are surrounded by obsequious flunkies and then told that they are 'serving the nation'. They must be prevented from expressing opinions and embarrassing themselves in public, since like many celebrities they tend to believe that because everyone is looking at them they must be clever people with something to say. Finally they must at all times profess their loyalty and devotion to a political system which regards them as anachronistic nobodies who should by all historical logic and precedent have long since been shot in a cellar. Not surprisingly these restrictive and paradoxical conditions often lead to strange and delusional behaviour, especially in the elder males. Many of them tend to speak in a strangulated squeak from permanently contracted sphincters, a conditioned reflex learned from their public school upbringing. The females often go off the rails entirely and have to call in Lord Max of Hastings to conduct damage limitation.

For the sartorially curious, Kate Middleroad will be wearing a dress worth several African dictators. William's younger brother and best man will turn up in a Nazi uniform for a bit of a lark and a nod to their forebears. Charles will be dressed as a cactus.

Wills, as the adoring public love to call him according to the Daily Mail, saw active service behind the lines of bodyguards and became a highly trained helicopter pilot, a fact that may come in useful if ever the republicans stage a coup and the Royal Benefit-Scroungers need to do a swift bunk to Sweden. He is descended from many notable English monarchs including Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Ivor the Cutler and Vlad the Impaler. However, anti-royal spoilsports may retort that this pedigree is genetically spurious, since like all humans Willy probably shares more genes with the Neanderthals than he does with his great-great-great-grandfather.

Wills gets given a dukedom as a wedding present, which lasts a bit longer than a set of towels from BHS. Meanwhile we get a day off, which lasts a day. But hey, let's not be churlish. It's a bit of a show, a bit of pomp, a bit of nonsense our descendants will scratch their heads over. And it's no worse than the X-Factor.

HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE! (Trans: if you don't like it, f**k you!)

PJS

10/10, would read again.:laugh:


God save the queen.

Well, if a revolutionary ever gets his/her hands upon the queen, nothing less could possibly save her.

[PhoenixAsh]

The ONLY thing possitive I have seen about the wedding and its bullshit was when there was a huge news feature here about her not wanting to promise "obedience" in her vows.

[Rss]

What the hell? They just showed the wedding on public finnish broadcasting channel YLE. Why? Nobody really gives a jack nor shit, but still it's all over. As if parading around swedish royals wasn't bad enough.

Anyways,

God save the Queen. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM)

[Qayin]

God save the queen
The fascist regime
That made you a mooooronnnn

[Rooster]

Haha, bastards. I just slept through it. Oh well.

[PhoenixAsh]

What? Its all over? And just as I was getting into the spirit of the whole thing....even thought about buying them a wedding pressent....




http://www.artikel7.nu/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/guillotine.jpg

You know...just a friendly reminde that their public execution would, in todays world, draw even more public attention and media coverage than their fucking wedding...and it costs a lot less and eventually saves bucketloads of cash. (Cameron...think about this for your next austerity measure package. Fuckwit!)

[Qayin]

My liege! My lady!

[~Spectre]

There has to be some kind of psychological study done on the people that gather outside of the palace to cheer this shit on.

[durhamleft]

There has to be some kind of psychological study done on the people that gather outside of the palace to cheer this shit on.

I think someone should ring up to try and get that knacker from Bristol sectioned who painted a royal wedding tribute on the side of her house.

[durhamleft]

any news on arrests, or demos, or use of section 60?

[Bright Banana Beard]

In my workplace, everybody is enjoying the wedding. Please give me a surprise fuck. Please...

[Qayin]

On Al Jazeera they interviewed some protestors, at-least 100 are out there.

[~Spectre]

No better way to celebrate a monarchy than with a big flyover by an imperial military paid for by the people's dime.

[Dahut]

There was a mass protest of maybe 2000 planned outside the abbey. The 'reclaim the royal wedding' demo but it had to be called off last minute because the police wouldn't allow it. How democratic?! Very fitting. The following was posted on their Facebook page:
"
A thought provoking message from a supporter in light of the authoritarian nature of policing in the last few days:

"We have to try to stay calm and remember there will be no voice of public dissent present amongst the Royal Wedding celebration tomorrow if we do not observe the law. If we fail to do so then it is obvious the police will seize the opp...o...rtunity to arrest us. This is now more than just a republican cause. It is a cause to preserve the human rights to peaceful protest, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression. Tomorrow the world will be watching and we have the ear of the international media. We have to try to voice, to whoever will listen to us, our complaint of police harassment, intimidation and threat of imprisonment in the shadow of sniper rifles trained on us just because we expressed a desire to peacefully protest. Let the world watch as the authorities drag us away from the international media corporations to whom we complain to of the abuse of human rights and oppression".

[Lunatic Concept]

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:: laugh:
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/graphics/2011/2249/issue2249.pdf

[Lunatic Concept]

I didnt vote for them :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA

[Terminator X]

All of the liberals and progressives I know who protest inequality in their spare time are watching this shit and posting a play-by-play on Facebook and talking about how "emotional" it is. It's fucking nauseating.

[ZeroNowhere]

I heard it was somewhat dull. Shocking.

[flobdob]

On a more serious note, the state has used the wedding as a pretext to raid and arrest anti-cuts protestors. They raided a bunch of squats yesterday, and I saw that a few people have been arrested yesterday to pre-empt anything.

The opportunity was there and the state has milked it for all it is worth.

[El Chuncho]

http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/33fd0c7edd1690d2ef52711daa0d4cec0.jpg

[Lunatic Concept]

http://redantliberationarmy.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-glory-to-inbred-snobs-death-to-equality/

[bailey_187]

hows the edl ring of steel lol

[eyedrop]

Well it makes sense for the Brits to arrange a security test before they host the Olympics.

[Means to a end]

Sorry if I've missed a previous thread about this:

I am sick to fucking death with all these absolute idiots harping on about the wedding. Especially these bloody Americans who are 'celebrating' it: if you want a royal family so much take ours and I'll pay for the fare.

Undemocratic, unaccountable and out of touch- you all already know this so I'm preaching to the converted, I know. But I'm getting so worked up watching the bloody BBC. Can we please rant to each other about this so I don't smash my TV. I've even made a flag that reads 'ROYAL PARASITES' that I've hang on the window to counter the fuckers with their union jacks up the street. ARGHHHHHHHHHHH. :thumbdown:

We have a long way to go in this country, how everyone from top to bottom has taken this all in is worrying.

A day off work yes, but I wish I could work to get away from the televison.

[Triple A]

Im not english and I am fed up with that shit.


What I find funny is that english have to pay taxes to people who do nothing to society.

[~Spectre]

Im not english and I am fed up with that shit.


What I find funny is that english have to pay taxes to people who do nothing to society.

Literal Welfare Queens.

[Sword and Shield]

Im not english and I am fed up with that shit.


What I find funny is that english have to pay taxes to people who do nothing to society.

I wouldn't complain if they'd keep the wedding to themselves. Instead, they go around displaying it to the world, which ruins my time.

[Triple A]

I wouldn't complain if they'd keep the wedding to themselves. Instead, they go around displaying it to the world, which ruins my time.


Are they paying the wedding?

[t.shonku]

Whenever I open the TV that bimboo girl pops up "so called future queen" ( hey I am not anti-feminist, so all the gals in this forum don't misunderstand me , I just don't like bimboo type gals) .


Fuck the royal fu*ck, this royal family has been responsible for killing so many Indians during Jalianwalabagh Massacre , they killed so many of our black brothers in Africa during Mau Mau uprising and so many brave Irish people and they are still killing Irish. I say fuck the wedding

[progressive_lefty]

You have to check out some of the Chasers skits like this one -> here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlziFYkXxzE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL).

I couldn't stop laughing haaaa.

[Manic Impressive]

I haven't met one single person who gives a flying fuck about the royal wedding and I live in a fairly conservative area in the south east. Most see it as an inconvenience others see it as an aberration due to the costs but they all give me funny looks when I say I hope Al Quieda or the RA do as all a favour. I always take it a little bit too far :lol:

[RED DAVE]

Wendy Williams, a US media celebrity said, "Aren't you glad it's over tomorrow, so you can stop pretending you're interested?"

RED DAVE

[Rooster]

What? Its all over? And just as I was getting into the spirit of the whole thing....even thought about buying them a wedding pressent....

I made them a present

http://www.b3tards.com/u/4e1520daed1ef3d6303e/wedding-bogroll.jpg

I hope they like it.

EDIT: Hmm, this might be in poor taste.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

I haven't met one single person who gives a flying fuck about the royal wedding and I live in a fairly conservative area in the south east. Most see it as an inconvenience others see it as an aberration due to the costs but they all give me funny looks when I say I hope Al Quieda or the RA do as all a favour. I always take it a little bit too far :lol:

dude i live in the south east too i've seen a lot of reactionary shit - street parties etc. luckily i know quite a few republicans too though.

[Le Libérer]

What happened with the anarchist protests? I saw nothing in the US media about, nothing.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

What happened with the anarchist protests? I saw nothing in the US media about, nothing.

the pigs had a massive clampdown on known anti-cuts activists, raiding squats and banning protesters from london etc. plus in london was one of the biggest police operations in years, snipers on the roofs and shit. hopefully someone can post some links.

[Robespierre Richard]

I only support Libyan monarchs sorry.

[/anarchist]

[Rooster]

What happened with the anarchist protests? I saw nothing in the US media about, nothing.

I've also been hearing from people that a number of anti-royalist websites were shut down or inaccessible over the past 24 hour period.

[gestalt]

What I don't understand is why Americans are so enchanted with it. I mean, helloooooo? History lesson, much? I wonder what variety of Americans like it the most. The conservative, American nationalist types, or "left" liberal types who are obsessed with everything "Euro"?

I understand what you are saying and am equally dismayed over the media fawning, but appealing to history is a little problematic.

The fact remains that the War for Independence represents a struggle over competing economic interests rather than political strife against tyrannical despots or, necessarily, the rejection of the idea of monarchy (English or otherwise). A minority of the colonial population supported separation from Britain. Most of these came from the emergent New England bourgeoisie and other propertied elements, not to discount the actions of the rank and file preceding the war or the military victory thereof. The merchants sought a revolution against the colonial system because of its limits on domestic production and, with that, profit. The average yeoman, artisan, peasant, or indentured servant outside of the Northeast would be indifferent at best or loyalists at worst.

Their modern corollaries, thanks in no small part to the media, PR and advertising, are all too willing to fete célébrités or create their own. Everything from tourism at the monument to the opulence of mass exploitation that is Biltmore Estate to reading the ironically titled People magazine. While anecdotal, those most intrigued by these spectacles are often the least aware/politicized people I know.

The fact that this is occurring at the same time as some of the largest austerity measures in history makes it all the more surreal yet utterly predictable. Anyone want to make other observations about how mass-engagement in the affairs of the monarchy coincides with a turn to conservative sentiment and/or government?

Bored and rambling today.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

I only support Libyan monarchs sorry.

[/anarchist]

sorry, troll, but most anarchists support the working-class actually.

[hatzel]

I think y'all are just jealous. You know, now that you've seen that commoners can become princesses, you're just waiting for your opportunity to follow in the footsteps of your new idol...:rolleyes:

[Rooster]

Apparently some footage of pre-emptive arrests from yesterday:

QOli98fgBP0

[UltraWright]

I believe that the whole event is stupid and overrated. My mother, though, was very excited about it. I chose not to discuss my thoughts concerning the wedding in front of her lest I make her less happy.

#FML

[Rooster]

I think y'all are just jealous. You know, now that you've seen that commoners can become princesses, you're just waiting for your opportunity to follow in the footsteps of your new idol...:rolleyes:

Unless you're Catholic :rolleyes:

[bcbm]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2011/04/113269037_a_p.jpg

:thumbup1::wub:

[Robespierre Richard]

sorry, troll, but most anarchists support the working-class actually.

Oh ok thanks for clearing that up, otherwise no one would have ever known.

[graymouser]

God, I woke up this morning and just wanted so badly to see a scene of fucking riots in London. It's irresponsible, it's even ludicrous but I just wanted people to turn the whole farce - which has been shoved down everyone's throats - and turn it into a fucking nightmare for the British Crown. Needless to say I was disappointed.

[Rakhmetov]

It is necessary to understand that the monarchy is not simply a harmless anachronism with no powers. It is an important reserve weapon of reaction. The Queen has significant reserve powers which can be brought into play at a time of national crisis. Such powers would undoubtedly be used against a left Labour government that attempted to challenge the power and privileges of the big banks and monopolies that own and control most of Britain. Although most people do not realise it, this is the main role of the monarchy and the reason why it has been kept in being by the ruling class for so long. ---- Alan Woods

http://www.marxist.com/britain-diana-monarchy100997.htm

[Pirate Utopian]

C'mon guys it's a modern day fairy tale where a prince marries a common everyday millionaire's daughter. Stop being so grumpy.

[IndependentCitizen]

Fuck news about the wedding, shit's going down or has been going down in Bristol!

[Le Libérer]

Fuck news about the wedding, shit's going down or has been going down in Bristol!

Example?

[Robespierre Richard]

C'mon guys it's a modern day fairy tale where a prince marries a common everyday millionaire's daughter. Stop being so grumpy.

Would most certainly take scum of especially low breeding to do such a thing, too. Thinking of disrupting a royal wedding, those ingrates!

[bcbm]

Example?

clicky (http://www.revleft.com/vb/riot-bristol-t153486/index.html)

[Madvillainy]

meh, it got me out of work early.

[Bardo]

So this is over now? :thumbup1:

I wonder how much coverage the divorce proceedings will get.....

[mosfeld]

Police Arrest 57 In Royal Wedding Zone
By Martin Brunt, crime correspondent | Sky News – 46 minutes ago

Suspected anarchists were apparently seen putting masks on in central London's Soho Square before the Royal Wedding got under way nearby.
The arrests were made along the route where the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge later passed after their marriage ceremony.

The alleged offences included breach of the peace, drunk and disorderly, handling stolen goods and possession of an offensive weapon.
A 38-year-old man suspected of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl on The Mall was also among those detained.

It comes amid a huge £20m security operation, as police and the military faced the threat of terrorists, anarchists and stalkers.

A police source said they were happy with the day's developments.
"It's all gone to plan so far, it's fantastic," they said.

Sky sources earlier revealed 21 suspected anarchists had been banned from Westminster for the day's events.

Each of the 21 have been bailed by police, while three others arrested in raids on premises - mostly squats - in London, Sussex and Cambridgeshire, are still in custody.

A ring of steel was thrown around Westminster Abbey where thousands of well-wishers gathered to catch a glimpse of the happy couple.

Armed police and undercover squads of special forces mingled with the crowds to combat any attempt to disrupt the event.

Marksmen took up position on roofs along the ceremonial route as search teams and sniffer dogs carried out a final check of vulnerable locations.
More than 80 VIPs were given close-protection bodyguards.

Police insisted they had no intelligence of a specific terrorism threat, although the UK remains on the second-highest alert to an attack from al Qaeda and a substantial risk of a strike from dissident Irish republicans.
Scotland Yard had warned it would launch a pre-emptive strike against any suspected troublemakers.

A squatter caught up in one raid in South London said: "The idea that the anarchist community or squatting community is mobilising for the Royal Wedding is insane.

"I think the real motive for this is to lead an assault on the squatting community.

"It is political policing which is designed to be theatrical and which damages people's lives in the process."

MP John McDonnell urged the Home Office to explain the raids, branding them "a disproportionate use of force."

A secretive unit of police and psychiatrists, the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, had identified and warned off several people with obsessions about members of the Royal Family.

Five thousand police were on duty, most of them stationed along the wedding route with others on stand-by to deal with any trouble on the fringes. They were joined by Army, Navy and Air Force personnel.

Scotland Yard assistant commissioner Lynne Owens said: "This is a day of celebration and there should be no place for disruption. But we are ready to deal quickly, robustly and decisively with any trouble."

Another senior officer said he hoped an unofficial army of "Royalist middle-Englanders" lining the route would deter any spontaneous protesters.

http://beta.uk.news.yahoo.com/huge-security-operation-royal-wedding-032815767.html

[Sword and Shield]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2011/04/113269037_a_p.jpg

:thumbup1::wub:

And I thought this was the one place I wouldn't have to see a picture of those two...

[RedSunRising]

:thumbup1::wub:

You really are a degenerate hipster troll.

[GallowsBird]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2011/04/113269037_a_p.jpg

:thumbup1::wub:

*Vomits* :eek:

[gorillafuck]

I hope the prince and princess live happily ever after!!

[Chris]

Hmm. Unofficial army of "Royalist middle-Englanders"? I wasn't aware parliamentary democracies used blackshirts.

This thing is starting to piss me off. The Norwegian State Channel, and most newspapers, have shown nearly nothing but the fucking wedding. No on is mentioning how much it costs. Why the hell doesn't the conservatives complain about such a large waste of the taxpayer's money? Poor people shouldn't get welfare, but the extremely priviliged should get tens of millions of pounds to get MARRIED? Glasgow is considered one of the poorest cities in the western hemisphere, poverty is on the rise and unemployment is rocketing... but they waste ca 70 million £ on a priest telling two people they should stick together or else God will smite them?
Bloody hell. This thing makes my blood boil. It's not often that the immense inequalities and privilege that reigns in Western Europe is laid out so... obviously.

[bailey_187]

think i saw some drunk edl people when i was walking through central today, dudes were in no state for steel ringing

[JerryBiscoTrey]

http://http://www.revleft.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8188&stc=1&d=1304108623

[durhamleft]

Hmm. Unofficial army of "Royalist middle-Englanders"? I wasn't aware parliamentary democracies used blackshirts.

This thing is starting to piss me off. The Norwegian State Channel, and most newspapers, have shown nearly nothing but the fucking wedding. No on is mentioning how much it costs. Why the hell doesn't the conservatives complain about such a large waste of the taxpayer's money? Poor people shouldn't get welfare, but the extremely priviliged should get tens of millions of pounds to get MARRIED? Glasgow is considered one of the poorest cities in the western hemisphere, poverty is on the rise and unemployment is rocketing... but they waste ca 70 million £ on a priest telling two people they should stick together or else God will smite them?
Bloody hell. This thing makes my blood boil. It's not often that the immense inequalities and privilege that reigns in Western Europe is laid out so... obviously.

Because they believe in preservation of the idle rich.

[Tommy4ever]

*Vomits* :eek:

If that's how you feel about kissing then I'll a little worried about how your going to react when you find out how people make babies.

[Chris]

Because they believe in preservation of the idle rich.
Yeah, I know. It's just so immensely hypocritical of them to go on a cutting spree on the welfare and worker's rights, then go and throw money down the toilet on the royals. It makes me sick, and angry and pretty much prepared for some kind of revolution. I don't care if it is anarchist, maoist or whatever as long as they off the one's responsible.

[Rakhmetov]

I wonder how long they will live during this Great Depression?

Off with their heads!

[El Chuncho]

If that's how you feel about kissing then I'll a little worried about how your going to react when you find out how people make babies.

I think he just feels nauseous seeing two symbols of imperialism pressing together. ;)

[Sir Comradical]

In Australia, nearly every single channel carried not only the wedding, but also the countdown to the wedding.

[Wanted Man]

God, I woke up this morning and just wanted so badly to see a scene of fucking riots in London. It's irresponsible, it's even ludicrous but I just wanted people to turn the whole farce - which has been shoved down everyone's throats - and turn it into a fucking nightmare for the British Crown. Needless to say I was disappointed.

Really? Did people really expect that there was going to be mass resistance to the wedding?


It is necessary to understand that the monarchy is not simply a harmless anachronism with no powers. It is an important reserve weapon of reaction. The Queen has significant reserve powers which can be brought into play at a time of national crisis. Such powers would undoubtedly be used against a left Labour government that attempted to challenge the power and privileges of the big banks and monopolies that own and control most of Britain. Although most people do not realise it, this is the main role of the monarchy and the reason why it has been kept in being by the ruling class for so long. ---- Alan Woods

http://www.marxist.com/britain-diana-monarchy100997.htm

Delusional and reformist as always. "Left labour challenging the big banks" my arse.

[Threetune]

Cheer up gang; Let the inbred parasites find more brood mares to breed with, while they can. We got a holiday to read more Lenin.

[GallowsBird]

If that's how you feel about kissing then I'll a little worried about how your going to react when you find out how people make babies.

Make babies? Does Father Christmas make them or does the Easter Bunny? Or do they make them in a factory? I know the magical stalk brings them to mammy and daddy at night but that is all I know on the subject...:rolleyes:

:sneaky:

[Agent Ducky]

I fully support. I know dipshits in my time zone (pacific) that actually stayed up until 3 fucking AM to watch it on TV. People don't seem to understand why I'm disgusted and why they should be disgusted with the whole thing >.< .... Capitalists living in luxury are disgusting. But at least some of them actually did something to get to the luxury. These people did nothing. NOTHING.....

[Rooster]

If that's how you feel about kissing then I'll a little worried about how your going to react when you find out how people make babies.

Kissing is fine. It's the hatching of our reptilian overlords that makes me vomit.

[GallowsBird]

I think he just feels nauseous seeing two symbols of imperialism pressing together. ;)

Yes exactly, that and the fact said symbols of imperialism are layabouts being funded by the worker to have photographers photographing their every move as if they are somehow important and the event a life-changing moment for the poor of this country.

Its as if we have to look at some images and say "I am so grateful to the great king in the sky that his divinely appointed "nobles" are here to be my masters. God save the king and her brood. Hip-hip-hurrah". And then we have the fact that many in this country do think that.

So that is why I need a sick bucket. Excuse me for finding such displays of contempt for the oppressed people of this country, as the royal wedding is, a little bit nauseating.

So there you have it. :)

[Niccolò Rossi]

What astounds me is that appartently the wedding was watched by over 2 billion on TV... How the hell does that work?

Nic.

[Johnny Kerosene]

God save the queen
The fascist regime
That made you a mooooronnnn

That's a wonderful song.

[crazyirish93]

What astounds me is that appartently the wedding was watched by over 2 billion on TV... How the hell does that work?

Nic.

Not hard when it on every fucking channel to ever exist :mad:

[Optiow]

So much fucking money down the drain that could have been used for the people. What the hell is wrong with them? My parents were married spending only 400 English pounds. How can they spend so much when people are losing jobs and are struggling to live? It disgusted me to hear how much money was wasted on the royal wedding. It is a disgrace and a betrayal of the people.

P.S: I did enjoy when the Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster flew over. A pity that there are not more of those planes still able to fly anymore.

[Sword and Shield]

What astounds me is that appartently the wedding was watched by over 2 billion on TV... How the hell does that work?

Nic.

I too have seen numbers like that being thrown about in the media. I'm calling bullshit on them.

Edit: This guy pretty much sums up my opinion on it: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/04/2-billion-royal-wedding-viewers-really.html

[miltonwasfried...man]

"God save the queen her fascist regime
It made you a moron a potential h bomb !

God save the queen she ain’t no human being
There is no future in england’s dreaming"
-Sex Pistols.

[Raubleaux]

Daily Show had a funny clip about this in which some royalist woman basically said "better to spend money on the royal wedding than give money away to immigrants"

[progressive_lefty]

Royal wedding fever around the world (Japan, Libya) -> here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAxLSRRdtW0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL).

[robbo203]

It is necessary to understand that the monarchy is not simply a harmless anachronism with no powers. It is an important reserve weapon of reaction. The Queen has significant reserve powers which can be brought into play at a time of national crisis. Such powers would undoubtedly be used against a left Labour government that attempted to challenge the power and privileges of the big banks and monopolies that own and control most of Britain. Although most people do not realise it, this is the main role of the monarchy and the reason why it has been kept in being by the ruling class for so long. ---- Alan Woods

http://www.marxist.com/britain-diana-monarchy100997.htm


Why would a friggin "left labour government" want to "challenge the power and privileges of the big banks and monopolies that own and control most of Britain" Invariably Left Labour governments turn out to be among the staunchest supporters of the status quo, duplicitously using their political connections with the so called "labour movement", to pacify the latter and compel compliance with the demands of capital. Bastards.

As for opposition to the "big banks" was it not that well known advocate of state capitalism, V. Lenin who said this?:

"Without big banks socialism would be impossible. The big banks are the "state apparatus" which we need to bring about socialism, and which we take ready-made from capitalism;..A single State Bank, the biggest of the big, with branches in every rural district, in every factory, will constitute as much as nine-tenths of the socialist apparatus" (Can the Bolsheviks Retain State Power? October 1, 1917 Collected Works, Progress Publishers, Moscow, Volume 26, 1972, pp. 87-136).

[the last donut of the night]

i was invited but im just too swag

[graymouser]

Really? Did people really expect that there was going to be mass resistance to the wedding?
Not in the least. I just have been so disgusted with the whole thing that I wanted it to blow up in their faces in the biggest and most dramatic way possible.

[Psy]

Why would a friggin "left labour government" want to "challenge the power and privileges of the big banks and monopolies that own and control most of Britain" Invariably Left Labour governments turn out to be among the staunchest supporters of the status quo, duplicitously using their political connections with the so called "labour movement", to pacify the latter and compel compliance with the demands of capital. Bastards.

As for opposition to the "big banks" was it not that well known advocate of state capitalism, V. Lenin who said this?:

"Without big banks socialism would be impossible. The big banks are the "state apparatus" which we need to bring about socialism, and which we take ready-made from capitalism;..A single State Bank, the biggest of the big, with branches in every rural district, in every factory, will constitute as much as nine-tenths of the socialist apparatus" (Can the Bolsheviks Retain State Power? October 1, 1917 Collected Works, Progress Publishers, Moscow, Volume 26, 1972, pp. 87-136).

Alan woods meant if a Chavez (or far more revolutionary) like government got elected into parliament and started heavily nationalizing capitalist property or worse giving it to workers.

As for big banks, they won't like a revolutionary government taking over their banks.

[brigadista]

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[Chambered Word]

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what song is that?

[brigadista]

dunno

[piet11111]

Cardigans - my favorite game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsMUQK4jdsQ

[Pirate Utopian]

Can anybody tell me if that crazyassed video of the royals dancing is real?

[SJBarley]

I love how democracy would have (or indeed did) stop any counter movements on the day. I still say we should have taken Buckingham Palace, lets face it we all know where the majority of the guards and the royal family would be :laugh:

[Desperado]

My terribly bourgeois neighbours had a wedding party in their garden. Opened windows, played Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen full blast. They went inside.

[Raubleaux]

Daily Show on the royal wedding "excitement":

http://www.hulu.com/watch/236973/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-royal-wedding-excitement-in-london

[Rooster]

Can anybody tell me if that crazyassed video of the royals dancing is real?

It wasn't. It was viral advertising for some mobile phone network. All the people in it were actors.

[Pirate Utopian]

It wasn't. It was viral advertising for some mobile phone network. All the people in it were actors.

They looked exactly like them though.

[MattShizzle]

Wasn't going to read 7 pages but I am disgusted. They spend who knows what on this while millions around the world starve and many others rot in poverty. Who knows how many could have been helped had it been a normal wedding.

[incogweedo]

hey OP, listen to my story of this 'beautiful wedding'.

So april 29th, the day of the great and wonderful royal wedding. Also my birthday. In school, we have announcements over the television in the morning at 8:00, that by school board regulation every teacher in the school must broadcast every morning, as they are sometimes important. I hate getting super-recognized for my birthday (especially on my facebook in which i might delete, the 100+ people i dont talk to anymore who birthday post on my wall for attention). But at the end of the announcements they say the names of everyone who has a birthday. I just wanted to 1. hear my name be said and 2. see if they could pronounce my last name right. It's not like i wanted it that bad or anything, i just wanted to hear it for shits and giggles.

for the past week, everyone has been talking about the royal wedding coming up. I didn't really think about it, i didn't care about it, and i didn't want to look into it or anything. It wasn't even a blip on the radar for me at all.

As i walked into the school around 7:55am, i saw a shitton of teachers wearing these blue ribbons. i just thought to myself "the fuck is this?". I then walked into my classroom to see the royal wedding on TV and my math teacher with a blue ribbon in her hair. I asked her what the ribbon was for, and (legit) almost in tears she replied "for the royal wedding". "oh well" i thought to myself, not a big deal whatsoever. 8:02ish comes by, the royal wedding is still on and everyone is now in their seats. I ask "aren't the announcements on?", The group of stupid preppy girls and jock kids in the front of the class say "WHO CARES THE ROYAL WEDDING IS ON DONT CHANGE THE CHANNEL MS. SUTHERLAND THE ROYAL KISS IS COMING". They actually started to uproar over my comment.

now, this isn't even the part pissed me off. This is expected from preppy and jock douchebags, they are into these stupid trends, they like to think that they are part of something they think is important. What really pissed me off, is my teacher who is a vegetarian and buddhist (both of which i am) proclaims " yes, the beautiful royal wedding is more important than the announcements" and a the one meat-head kid in the front says "yeah man this only happens once a lifetime". All they wanted to see was the kiss, as the royal couple were not even on the balcony yet, it was just a commentary from CNN and shots of the crowd. The announcements end at 8:10 usually, they didn't even come out and kiss until 8:30. My teacher actually started to cry when they kissed, i kid you not.

I walked around all day seeing girls with ribbons in their hair and talking about the wedding. I'm not pissed that i didn't hear my name be anounced, i honestly dont care about that. I was pissed that this 'royal family', who has NO governing power and plays no rule at all in the country (other than to be a stupid fucking icon). These people are living the highlife for free, get whatever they want, get praised for nothing, and brainwash every stupid fucking person in the US. They get all of this while people are starving in Africa, people being persecuted in Tibet, people being killed in ghettos and people fighting for their meals. All of this happens while the royal family is worshiped like gods. Theyre viewed as good people when they are some of the worst scum on Earth. If there are people living in poverty and struggling for their lives, not knowing when their last day is, then there should not be people living like that.

[ZeroNowhere]

Oh, hey, some ordinary blokes with nothing particularly interesting about them as people just got married. This is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, clearly.

[incogweedo]

Oh, hey, some ordinary blokes with nothing particularly interesting about them as people just got married. This is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, clearly.

This is exactly what i said. I told him that it is the same as anyone else getting married, other than they are over privileged and do not deserve one pound of what they have. although my father is very conservative, he agreed and said they're nothing but an extreme welfare family.
With all honesty, i find weddings quite boring. And lets be honest here, he is one ugly fucker, while she is very attractive. Does anyone really think he could get her if he wasn't the prince of England and wasn't a snobby rich douchebag? :laugh:

[GallowsBird]

Does anyone really think he could get her if he wasn't the prince of England and wasn't a snobby rich douchebag? Pet peeve. He isn't the prince of England, he is as much the prince of Scotland and Walesas well as other "realms"; and has no right to rule any of them. You are from another country so I don't blame you really just pointing that out. I agree with what you said and another thing I find annoying is that the UK media propagates the myth that all UK citizens are rabid monarchists who are happy to be serfs to an outdated vestige of a feudal institution. "My liege let me lick your boots clean for you". Ridiculous.

[ZeroNowhere]

And lets be honest here, he is one ugly fucker, while she is very attractive. Does anyone really think he could get her if he wasn't the prince of England and wasn't a snobby rich douchebag? :laugh:I think that this logic is problematic for places which are not high school.

[Robocommie]

I agree with what you said and another thing I find annoying is that the UK media propagates the myth that all UK citizens are rabid monarchists who are happy to be serfs to an outdated vestige of a feudal institution. "My liege let me lick your boots clean for you". Ridiculous.

Just what proportion of Brits would you say are antagonistic to the monarchy?

[Wanted Man]

Just what proportion of Brits would you say are antagonistic to the monarchy?

http://www.leftfootforward.org/images/2011/04/Support-for-Monarchy.jpg

[Comrade J]

It's probably a very low figure that are actually antagonistic; there are maybe a fifth or a quarter who don't really care for the monarchy, but those that are actively against them and want to get rid of them is maybe only 10%, as a rough estimate. There are loads of contrasting polls on support for the royal family, so it's really difficult to find out exactly how many people would want to get shut of them, or whether they simply just don't particularly care for them. Even in Australia where there is a significant campaign for a republic, people were nonetheless celebrating in their droves from what I hear.

A lot of the people I know just don't give a sh*t about them and would be happy to see them go, so it came as a shock to me the levels of adoration and nationalistic sentiment that has occurred in the last few weeks, I forget that my friends are a unique group.

One thing to keep in mind in the whole discussion of the monarchy however, is the quote from Engels which I have in my sig:

"People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold step forward when they have rid themselves of belief in hereditary monarchy and swear by the democratic republic. In reality, however, the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democratic republic no less than in the monarchy."

[Tifosi]

So what type of party did everybody go to? One of them oh so nice rural posh party's with tea and biscuits. Or one of those ones were a police man hits you over the head with a bat? (http://www.scotsman.com/news/Scotland39s-39shame39-as-party-ends.6760529.jp)

As the Beastie Boys said, "You gotta fight for your right to party!"

[ZeroNowhere]

He said: "On a day when the whole country was bathed in sunshine and united in celebration, a group of drunken louts brought violence to our city and shame to our country.Clearly something is wrong when the only people acting sensibly are drunk.

[Yazman]

It honestly frustrates me how the media all over the world are fawning over this too. Its not even a localised phenomenon - even countries with no historical links at all to the UK have their media fawning all over the royal wedding.

Disgusting!

[PhoenixAsh]

The royalty is always been put into play big time when society heats up for one reason or the other.

Births, weddings, deaths...always a media propaganda event.

[Futility Personified]

It was an excuse to do a shitload of speed and get drunk repeatedly. Shame the second lot of folks weren't open to the idea of republicanism

[piet11111]

It honestly frustrates me how the media all over the world are fawning over this too. Its not even a localised phenomenon - even countries with no historical links at all to the UK have their media fawning all over the royal wedding.

Disgusting!


Its the media's way of saying "nothing you should pay attention to happened today"

[Red Future]

I was camping for Friday-Sunday in the Peak park and so missed any trace of the word wedding :laugh:

[Red Future]

Actually afterward I went to a Pub near the campsite with friends and it had William and Kate facemasks:blink: stuck to the windows and more union flags than Ive ever seen in my life.

You can never escape the royals.

[GallowsBird]

Just what proportion of Brits would you say are antagonistic to the monarchy?

The last poll I read put "republicans" at 29% though I am not sure how many are "antagonistic". I think it depends on location with some areas less monarchist than others. Though even up in the North (which had a lot less street parties et cetera) there are still too many.

I would say republicans are a big enough minority that they should not be ignored in the press however.

[RedSquare]

Anyone know if the activists who were pre-emptively arrested and detained for most of the day will be taking court cases for wrongful arrest, etc.?

It's almost terrifying how easily they were able to filter who get in or out of parts of the city and how quickly anyone who attempted to take action during the wedding, in any part of London, were scooped up. It's a terrible sign of things to come.

[Q]

A nice bit of commentary in which the official statistics are attacked and parallels are drawn between the UK establishment's clampdown on protestors with the similar clampdown by China around the Olympics (http://cpgb.podbean.com/2011/05/02/royal-wedding/).

[Yazman]

Its the media's way of saying "nothing you should pay attention to happened today"

Yeah, you're right. Thats exactly it - they create a giant media circus so they can distract people from real shit thats going down. Pretty fucked up but hey, we'll all do what we can to keep people thinking :cool: