nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230516-181804-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230516s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230516-181804-0 doi eng 342 23 Greene, Alan Author aut Please Be Kind and Polite. Or Else… - Arrestments at the King's Coronation and the Right to Peaceful Protest Greene, Alan Verfassungsblog 2023-05-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Coronation Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill Right to Protest United Kingdom Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/please-be-kind-and-polite-or-else/ raw object