New Anti-Royal Visit Petition Launched

national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Friday March 04, 2011 01:21 by éirígí PRO - éirígí

éirígí launches online petition opposing state visit by 'British Queen'

No British Withdrawal? No Royal Visits!

It now appears that one of the first acts of the incoming Dublin government will be to invite the British Head of State, Elizabeth Windsor, aka 'The British Queen' on an official state visit. As part of its campaign of opposition to such a visit éirígí has launched an online petition demanding that Enda Kenny and his incoming government abandon all plans for a British royal visit. The text of the petition reads,

Enda Kenny - The British Queen is not Welcome in Ireland!

It is widely believed that the incoming Dublin government will invite the British head of state, Elizabeth Windsor, aka The British Queen, to make a state visit to the Twenty-Six Counties in mid May 2011. Millions of Irish people across the globe are deeply opposed to this visit for a variety of reasons. Some oppose the idea of welcoming the head of state of a country that continues to illegally occupy the Six Counties. Some oppose the idea of welcoming the Commander in Chief of the British Army which has so recently inflicted untold suffering on the people's of Iraq and Afghanistan . Others oppose the idea of spending up to €15,000,000.00 hosting a British royal visit whilst public services are being cut back and social welfare is being reduced. Whatever your reason for opposing a British royal visit to the Twenty-Six Counties please sign the petition below.

We the undersigned are deeply opposed to a state visit to the Twenty-Six Counties by the British head of State, aka the British Queen. We demand that Enda Kenny and his incoming government abandon all plans to invite Elizabeth Windsor to Dublin or any other part of Ireland.

You can sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/Saoirse/petition.html and then you can encourage your family and friends to do likewise.