Tory vice-chair Lee Anderson says anti-monarchists should leave UK
by Daniel Boffey Chief reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6BGMS)
Contentious MP reacts to arrest of coronation protesters by telling British republicans to emigrate
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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