Belfast Telegraph - 12/14/13, John Hall
It is still theoretically possible to imprison for life anybody who even so much as "imagines" overthrowing the Crown or waging war against the Queen.
The government has confirmed that republicanism is still punishable by life imprisonment and that it remains illegal to even 'imagine' overthrowing the Queen.
The revelation comes as the Ministry of Justice embarrassingly admitted that a law threatening to jail for life anyone who has called for the abolition of the monarchy had been mistakenly included on a list of 309 offences due to be repealed before May.
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It is becoming evident to me
It is becoming evident to me that George Orwell's novel ''1984'' was not so much a dark tale of a dystopian future police-state, but rather a how-to manual that is currently being followed step-by-step.