#graham smith

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hey so remember those new protest laws that make peaceful protest illegal? yeah? wanna see them in action?

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Head of UK’s leading anti-monarchy group arrested at coronation protest

Republic’s Graham Smith held at protest on King Charles III’s procession route in central London

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter, Sat 6 May 2023 08.31 BST

The head of the UK’s leading republican movement has been arrested at an anti-monarchist protest on King Charles III’s procession route.

Graham Smith had been collecting drinks and placards for demonstrators at Trafalgar Square when he was detained by police on the Strand in central London.

It is understood Smith was detained after bringing a megaphone to the demonstration. The Met police had tweeted earlier this week that they would have a “low tolerance” of those seeking to “undermine” the day.

Harry Stratton, a director at Republic, who arrived as Smith and the others were detained, said: “They were collecting the placards and bringing them over when the police stopped them.

“The guys asked why and they were told: we will tell you that once we have searched the vehicle. That’s when they arrested the six organisers. We asked on what grounds they had been arrested but they wouldn’t say. It is a surprise as we had had a number of meetings with the police. They had been making all the right noises”.

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dont you love it when your government decides to not even bother hiding the fact the fascist tendencies theyre leaning more and more into?

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(via L'aquoiboniste: Cherish the day)

Sade, by Graham Smith

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Photography by Graham Smith

Café Assistants, Compass Café, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, November 1982 Little Chef in Rain, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, May 1982

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Graham Smith. ‘Who She Wanted and What She Got’ (kids at the in-laws, Boxing Day, South Bank, Middlesbrough, England 1982)

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Sade Adu by Graham Smith 1983

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Sade by Graham Smith

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Smith (Graham, born 1947). The Tyne Bridge, 1977

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Graham Smith - Easington, County Durham, 1976

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Tarzan Swing, River Tyne, Photo by Graham Smith, 1977

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Graham Smith.

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your thoughts on The Quiet Zone/ Pleasure Dome??

it’s easy to tell how important it is for me just by saying there’re 10 songs from it in the latest spotify wrapped & it’s definitely my most listened album this year

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

Contentious MP reacts to arrest of coronation protesters by telling British republicans to emigrate

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter, Sat 6 May 2023 17.21 BST

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.

He tweeted: “Not My King? If you do not wish to live in a country that has a monarchy the solution is not to turn up with your silly boards. The solution is to emigrate.”

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fully obsessed with this bonkers take; tories really do just come out with some of the weirdest bullshit youll ever fucking hear and we're expected to not just point and laugh at them.

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Bennetts Corner (Giro Corner), the Erimus Club and Commercial Pub. South Bank, Middlesbrough, England. 1982

Photo: Graham Smith

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Graham Smith - The Queen’s Pub, Southbank, Middlesbrough, 1981

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Graham Smith. ‘I Thought I Saw Liz Taylor and Bob Mitchum in the Back Room of the Commercial’ (South Bank, Middlesbrough, England 1984)

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Haute Couture Collection Fall/Winter 1964-65. (left) Marie Lise Grès in a suit by Michael, Beret by Graham Smith. (right) Celia Hammond in a tweed suit by John Cavanagh. Photo John French.

Collection Haute Couture Automne/Hiver 1964-65. (gauche) Marie Lise Grès en tailleur de Michael, Béret de Graham Smith. (à droite) Celia Hammond en tailleur en tweed de John Cavanagh. Photo John French.