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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Tory vice-chair Lee Anderson says anti-monarchists should leave UK

Republicans demonstrate at Trafalgar Square during the coronation of King Charles III
Republicans demonstrate at Trafalgar Square during the coronation of King Charles III. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi/The Guardian

The Conservative party’s deputy chair, Lee Anderson, has said that anti-monarchist campaigners should emigrate rather than use their right to free speech to protest against the coronation of Charles III.

The comments followed the arrest of a number of demonstrators at the king’s coronation, including Graham Smith, the chief executive of the country’s largest republican pressure group, Republic, which was formed in 1983.

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