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[danohu]

[Edit: as predicted, this was a case of a misleading article in the Guardian. See i_am_toast's comment.]
Plans to make schoolchildren take part in citizenship ceremonies pledging allegiance to the Queen

Yes, it's the Guardian selling papers by angering liberals, and somebody's always willing to say idiotic things to get himself back in the news. But it still leaves me feeling sour - and yes, these things can matter.

Worse - I hadn't realised (or had forgotten) that we make immigrants swear to "be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, her Heirs and Successors, according to law"

sorry; I will stop posting so much about politics eventually. I just seem to have remembered in the past few weeks how beautiful the world is, and therefore also how fucked up chunks of it are

Comments

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

Meh. Not good.

Yes, it's the Guardian selling papers by angering liberals

Argh, I really hate it when they do that. There are such a small number of newspapers that are largely not-right-wing, and then one of them apparently decides that in order to be dynamic and controversial they need to be as much like the other newspapers as possible. Mind you, AIUI the Independent has been known to do the same.

But then, being left-wing or even what I could call centrist just isn't cool anymore. It's very irritating.

[oedipamaas49.livejournal.com]

well, it turns out the actual report is much more sensible than that guardian article. Who'd'a thunk it?

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

The Guardian FAIL.

Though I'd rather the report was more sensible than the article than the other way around, of course!