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Not The Royal Wedding

Not The Royal Wedding

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Not The Royal Wedding is a lively antidote to the knee-bending mass hysteria spreading like a virus before traffic disruption grinds Windsor to a halt on 19 May.Hosted by Kevin Maguire, each episode features a special guest discussing why a ridiculous hereditary institution should be dumped in the dustbin of history. Long live the Great British republic!Copyright Reach Podcasts Politique et gouvernement Sciences politiques
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    • Martin Rowson: The cartoonist who loves to send up the royals
      May 18 2018
      Republican cartoonist Martin Rowson joins the Daily Mirror's Kevin Maguire ahead of 'the big day' to ponder the question: why should I care about the royal family or a royal wedding?During the recording of the podcast, the famous illustrator drew a cartoon of Harry and Meghan popping into Slough Register Office near Windsor for a quiet wedding with a homeless man grabbed from the streets to be a witness. You can see it in all its beauty on Mirror Online now. Comedian Tiff Stevenson also cracks a few anti-monarchy jokes to cost herself a Damehood and the uncrowned head of the campaign group Republic, Graham Smith, deconstructs the TV myth a nation’s excited about the wedding. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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      57 min
    • Benjamin Zephaniah: the poet who refused to bow for the Queen
      May 14 2018
      Brummie Bard Benjamin Zephaniah joins the Daily Mirror's Kevin Maguire to explain why he is a republican.Zephaniah discusses his refusal to accept an OBE, his decision to refuse to bow to the Queen before an event at the Albert Hall and claims he would not play at Buckingham Palace for £1million.Labour MP Steve Pound also appears on the pod to voice his opposition to the monarchy, saying, "I think the country can do better, I really do. I don't think we need to have a medieval subservience…"  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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      38 min
    • Emma Dent Coad: The Labour MP inundated with death threats for being a republican
      May 8 2018
      Labour MP Emma Dent Coad joins the Daily Mirror's Kevin Maguire to reveal how making a few republican quips led to her receiving multiple death threats and fearing for her safety.Dent Coad - a long time republican - made some light-hearted jokes at the expense of Princes Harry and William at last Autumn’s Labour conference in Brighton.She tells Kevin about the frankly terrifying degree of abuse she received in the aftermath, asks how the perpetrators possibly justify their behaviour and explains why she believes a King Charles could aid the cause of republicans.Elsewhere, TSSA transport union leader Manuel Cortes tells the podcast he will be watching Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final on Saturday, 19 May instead of the Windsor event. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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      30 min

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