Can any British person here explain what was that stuff about a labor mp grabbing a mace?
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Russell-Moyle later said he acted “on the spur of the moment” because of his frustration MPs were not being listened to. Speaking from the Red Lion pub just outside Parliament, the Labour MP said:
The symbolic gesture of lifting the mace and removing it is that the will of Parliament to govern is no longer there has been removed.
I felt Parliament had effectively given up its sovereign right to govern properly. They stopped me before I got out of the Chamber and I wasn’t going to struggle with someone wearing a huge sword on their hip.
You were wielding a huge mace you gigantic pussy! Just shout "What is dead may never die!" and deliver summary executive power!
A gilt ceremonial mace, wielded by a sedentary parliamentarian. The years of Cromwellian soldier-statesmen is over, for the exact reason that the soldier-statesman was easily capable of assuming executive command. To wit, no one was ever brave enough to tell Cromwell he couldn't attend parliament fully armed and armoured, despite Cromwell forbidding everyone from doing so.
Link to whatever that quote is from? Curious as to the background context. Also, who wears huge swords on their hips these days? Apart from LARPers, historical re-enactors and people just playing costume. Also2, a huge sword? Like bastard sword or claymore size, the kind big enough to use as an improptu club? Also3, what even was someone with a big sword doing in the Parliament anyway (besides LWs mention of Cromwell), or rather, how did they get in with that sword?