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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230516-181804-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/please-be-kind-and-polite-or-else/ Please Be Kind and Polite. Or Else… - Arrestments at the King's Coronation and the Right to Peaceful Protest Greene, Alan eng 2023-05-16 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Coronation Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill Right to Protest United Kingdom Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Britain loves to project an image of polite calmness; of a stiff upper lip; of tea, crumpets, and lashings of ginger beer. The Paddington the Bear Twitter account epitomised this sentiment on the morning of the Coronation, reminding people to ‘be kind and polite today.’ Yet in England's green and pleasant land, as loyal British subjects scoffed their scones, quaffed their Pimm’s and raised a glass to their new Monarch, it was not soft-power but good ol’ fashioned state violence that ensured the historical Coronation went off without a hitch.