Will you be taking the #OathOfAllegiance today during #Coronation2023 #Brits ? & what do #Canadians #Australians think? It’s not for me, but the #History is fascinating. #Royalty #Monarchy #Coronation  #KingCharles #KingCharlesCoronation #KingCharlesIII @YorksBylines @BylineTimes @BylinesNetwork https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/constitutional-affairs/allegiance-annoyance-and-abracadabra-monarchy-in-the-21st-century/

I'm proud of a seventeenth century ancestor of mine, William Bevington, a Quaker from Warwickshire, who in 1672 was released after years of imprisonment, after finally receiving a General Pardon.

His crime? He simply but determinedly refused to swear an #OathOfAllegiance to the then #KingCharles.

I suppose that not having to fear prison this time around is at least some mark of progress, but not sure if the #DailyMail would agree.

My middle son, Jed, bears William's name in remembrance.

@Henrysbridge

Yep, I understood that and wasn’t challenging your view. It was the quote I was reacting to. It is like they are doubling down on the #OathOfAllegiance.

It's just occurred to be what the #oathofallegiance brings to mind

If the soldiers at the Battle of Hastings pledged "allegiance to Harold & his heirs & SUCCESSORS" that clearly included the foreign invader, William of Normandy. So what's the POINT of this wretched oath they want us all to shout, if it includes any foreign military leader whose army defeats Charles III, overthrows him & gets crowned in his place? Like Putin, say?
#OathOfAllegiance
#Monarchy
#Republicanism

Consider this, if most of the armed forces have sworn allegiance to the monarch h than they have sworn to obey the King before the elected Government.

Not saying that King Charles is planning a monarchist coup, but even if he is blithely unaware, he is putting the mechanisms in place by which one would come about in future.

#Oathofallegiance #democracy

#British #citizens (not #subjects) are not being “asked” to swear an #OathOfAllegiance to #KingCharles. The order of service just says 'All who so desire... say together: ...' How this blew up - 🐦🧵
https://twitter.com/danbarker/status/1652778270163607553?s=46&t=NmemZi6XHpwI3sEPVNPygA

Morten Morland on #Coronation #OathOfAllegiance #OathNO #KingCharles - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

the whole #OathOfAllegiance thing inspired me to start a #CoronationDay playlist. I very much welcome recommendations!

the first two tracks are Asian Dub Foundation’s Real Great Britain and Linton Kwesi Johnson’s Inglan Is A Bitch: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2BrkMOHxqRUuKkg83BFfgB?si=WZiFP2oSS_-Lk1EGVj3Sig

#OathOfAllegiance "I promise that I will support your decisions and dictats, even if I personally disagree with them. I surrender my right to independent thought" Not bluddy likely matey 🤣 #CitizenNotSubject

"But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." [Matthew 5:34-37]

#Coronation
#OathOfAllegiance

What's the status of Québec's law unilaterally amending the constitution and abolishing the #OathOfAllegiance for MNAs?

"As it stands it’s all moot, because no one is challenging the law. And of course that’s hardly surprising. “Litigation is expensive, and the issue of the oath requirement doesn’t directly impact people’s lives,”"

"Justin Trudeau seems profoundly uninterested in the topic."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/quebecs-flamboyantly-unconstitutional-move

#CanPol #cdnpoli #polqc
#NationalPost