{"id":85081,"date":"2025-05-08T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/85081\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:42:09","slug":"pro-republic-rally-returns-to-edinburgh-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/85081\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-republic rally returns to Edinburgh this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANTI-MONARCHY campaigners will take to Edinburgh this weekend to build momentum for a democratic alternative to the royal family.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Republic Day 2025, co-hosted by Scotland\u2019s campaign for\u00a0an elected head of state <a href=\"https:\/\/ourrepublic.scot\/articles\/join-us-for-the-third-rally-for-a-republic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Our Republic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Our Republic<\/a>, will take place on\u00a0Calton Hill this Saturday, May 10 from 2-4pm.<\/p>\n<p>The rally<strong>\u00a0<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0organised alongside fellow\u00a0campaign group Republic \u2014\u00a0will combine \u201cserious political messaging with a welcoming, festival-style atmosphere\u201d, featuring peaceful protests, banners and speeches from prominent Scottish political and media figures.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0Scottish hotel named the best one of a kind stay in the UK<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Grayford, committee member and treasurer of Our Republic, said: \u201cTwo years into his reign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/24299181.new-poll-finds-support-monarchy-scotland-falling-rapidly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charles<\/a> continues to cling to a past we need to leave behind.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Handing out titles and favours to his family, setting an example for our political elites that they should be entitled to take whatever they can.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The continued claim to unaccountable, undemocratic power by our aristocracy, from the Lords to the Crown, is toxic to our society &#8211; It&#8217;s time we demanded better; it&#8217;s time we demanded an end to this.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/politics\/25140209.must-bbc-make-ve-day-tribute-ordinary-courage-royals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read more:\u00a0Why must BBC make VE Day tribute to ordinary courage about the royals?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong>Why must BBC make VE Day tribute to ordinary courage about the royals?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speakers listed for the Calton Hill rally include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/scottish-greens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Scottish Greens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Scottish Greens<\/a> co-leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/patrick-harvie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Patrick Harvie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Patrick Harvie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/25059069.news-interviews-updates-snp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SNP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SNP<\/a> MSP for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/highlands-islands\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Highlands and Islands;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Highlands and Islands<\/a> Emma Roddick, poet George Gunn and broadcaster and National columnist Lesley Riddoch.<\/p>\n<p>Our Republic, founded in 2020, hopes Saturday will build on the success of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/24257435.republic-day-demonstration-held-edinburgh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:last year\u2019s first Republic Day;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">last year\u2019s first Republic Day<\/a>, timed deliberately to coincide with the anniversary of King Charles\u2019s coronation.<\/p>\n<p>In tandem with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/edinburgh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Edinburgh<\/a> protest, similar events organised by Republic will also take place in England and Wales on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The London protest will take place in Trafalgar Square, whilst the Welsh rally is scheduled for Cardiff Castle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANTI-MONARCHY campaigners will take to Edinburgh this weekend to build momentum for a democratic alternative to the royal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,40976,40977,1102,4884,40978,40979,40981,712,40980,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-85081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-calton-hill","10":"tag-democratic-alternative","11":"tag-edinburgh","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-our-republic","14":"tag-peaceful-protests","15":"tag-republic-day","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-tristan-grayford","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}