'It's a big moment': Anti-monarchist support boosted by coronation arrests 🔴 'We’ve had thousands of donations and thousands of new members and coverage we couldn’t have dreamed of', Republic's Graham Smith tells SteveRobson04
Police sieze banners from anti-monarchy group Republic after arresting seven of its members early on Saturday morning which Republic has been running for months in a bid to raise money to buy placards, flags and advertising has seen its coffers surge by more than £20,000 over the bank holiday weekend. At the time of writing it stands at more than £65,000.
“It’s not something I would have wished to have happened, but if they were trying to stop us impacting the coronation weekend it has spectacularly backfired on them.” Mr Smith said he believes the events of the weekend will galvanise support for the republican movement going forward. Ken Ritchie, secretary of Labour for a Republic, the political arm of the movement, said the arrests have been a “complete own goal” for both police and the Government and that membership of his organisation has grown 10 per cent this week.
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