Showing posts with label Tom Copley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tom Copley. Show all posts

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Labour Politician Condemns 'Stomach-churning' Parliamentary Tributes to Prince George

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A Labour politician has condemned Parliamentary tributes to Prince George of Cambridge as “stomach-churning”.

Tom Copley, who sits in the London Assembly and describes himself as a "republican" on his Twitter feed, complained that "too much valuable Parliamentary time" had been taken up to “congratulate two very wealthy aristocrats for procreating”.

David Cameron, the Prime Minister, Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, and other senior politicians took part in a 20 minute House of Commons debate in tribute to Prince George last month.

Last week Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband also paid a brief tribute in the Commons to the Prince on the day of his Christening. » | Christopher Hope, Senior Political Correspondent | Thursday, October 31, 2013

Spare Us the Sycophancy » | Tom Copley | Wednesday, October 23, 2013

My comment:

If Tom Copley stood for election in my constituency, I'd vote for him in the twinkling of an eye. He speaks sense, and has a sense of priorities.

I am no anti-royalist, and nor am I a socialist, but it truly is "stomach-churning" to observe grown men and women kowtowing and fawning to royalty on such occasions. This is, after all, the twenty-first century. – © Mark


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