Why I refused to swear an oath to the King | Labour MP Interview
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Publicado 2024-07-19
He was told under 19th Century legislation, he would be counted as "deceased" and a by-election would be held in his constituency to replace him if he failed to re-do his oath.
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PolJoe continueing their tradition of having a poor audio mix in a podcast, well done for keeping the tradition strong guys
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I personally think the oath needs to be changed to focus the MPs to focus on serving the country and it's peoples, not the crown and themselves.
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Beautifully put Clive. It very much feels like we’re living in the Stone Age. It’s all so preposterous in 2024. You will always be on the right side of history.
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How long till Starmer finds a reason to fire this bloke, I wonder...
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What always gets me is both the houses run on "historic" legislation while telling everyone else around they need to "prepare for the future/change" it's another hypocrisy... Like our House of Lords still having the stupid entanglement of Church and State.
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So you can only be an MP if you keep the monarchy going Wow. They have us bound and gagged in this democracy.
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Monarchy is an inherently discriminatory system, where millions of people are excluded from being head of state based on being 'born in the wrong family'. This goes to the core of the definition of discrimination. Furthermore, monarchy is basically a remnant from a time where 'royals', 'nobles' and 'clergy' combined to oppress and exploit the people at large and all three groups got rich and influential off of such grave injustices. Why should the 'heirs' of such tyrants and oppressors be continue to given certain privileges denied to others? It should be based on merit, not birth.
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Swearing in process should be modernised.
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Equally as wrong to have the bishops in the other place.
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I support Clive wholeheartedly. In my fantasy world he is Prime Minister and Carol Vorderman is our democratically elected President.
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President Higgins is not merely "a poet". He was a human right activist, a scholar, a poet, a socialist, and a politician before he become the president. He also has the largest mandate since the founding of the Republic.
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He is a public servant. If he doesn’t want to swear allegiance to our King and country then quit. Plenty of jobs out there for someone with a limited skill set .
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Need a democratic upper house too, without lords or bishops
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Yes! It's time we all grew up and left the woo-woo and magic kingdoms, to serve the people who matter!
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Should be banned from parliament.
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He should be brought up against the kings court.
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Not my microphone
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Why swear an oath to unelected head of state .most people swear an oath to the country. Is this british democracy swearing an oath to one family. Tax payers keep them in luxury I think that's enough.
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Well said Clive. I can’t agree more. I want to live in a Great Britain that represents Scotland, England, Wales and N. Ireland and all of its people. Not this strange royal cult from a bygone era.
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Good for him! I love my country but I am certainly not a monarchist.
