Kate Robey

This Friday Prince William will marry Kate Middleton. Hurrah! It's a lovely time for the country, the first Royal wedding in 30 years. Lots of people will be travelling to London to see if they can get a glimpse, there will be much flag waving, picnics in all the parks, and general merriment. All around the country there are going to be street parties, and all sorts of events happening to celebrate the happy couple's nuptials. It is a time when people can either enjoy the events going on in London, or just enjoy having an unexpected day off! This is a global event, TV stations across the world will be broadcasting, the world's eyes will be upon us for the whole thing. I've asked many people how they feel about the wedding, there are a lot of people looking forward to watching it, especially to see what dress Kate is going to wear. There is also quite a lot of indifference to the whole thing, which I myself can understand. I'm happy for them of course, but in reality, their marriage is not going to affect me, and I shall watch the evening news to catch up on the gossip.

Of course, there is always a fly in the ointment. The extremist group Muslims Against the Crusades have announced they are going to be doing their level best to disrupt the Royal Wedding. They applied for permission to hold a demonstration, which has apparently been denied. Muslims Against the Crusades (formally known as Islam4UK) caused quite a lot of upset back in November on Remembrance Day when they held a demonstration and burnt poppies. They cause a lot of anti-Muslim bigotry in this country, even though they are really quite a small group, and all of the Muslims I know are absolutely disgusted with them. Their reason for this latest publicity stunt is that they believe Prince William has a

“yearning desire to commit acts of terror and Nazism, in Afghanistan. ”

They go onto say that “his deliberate and heartfelt expressions of melancholy and frustration at being prevented from joining his (crusading) brethren abroad, in imposing democracy by the bullet, are ample proof of the need to decry what is undoubtedly, the makings of a modern day Nazi”

Are you rolling your eyes yet? Because I am!

So, on the opposite side of this farce, we have the English Defence League claiming they will form a 'ring of steel' around the wedding. Yes, of course you will, but you'll be just outside of the 4000 police officers who have been drafted in to oversee the big event. They've also said they will be going to all the Tube stations, and preventing any MAC member from getting into central London. Although how they will know just who is MAC (unless all MAC members wear badges), and not just a Muslim going about their normal day is anyone's guess. What I find funniest is that they think they have more power than all of our security services put together. For the last few weeks London has been getting ready for this event, with regular patrols, searching each square inch to minimise the chances of anyone being an utter twit and trying to cause trouble.

I'd like to send a polite request to both MAC and EDL:

Please, just don't bother. Let Kate and William get married for crying out loud. Just keep away, all of you. This country could do with a few happy days!