Rest in Peace – Prince Roy of Sealand
“I might die young or old, but I will never die of boredom”
Farewell then Prince Roy of Sealand, leader of the free micro-state based seven miles off of Suffolk coast. The pirate radio guru, former British Army Major and libertarian poster-boy Paddy Roy Bates has died aged 91. Prince Roy seized Sealand in 1967, and declared it an independent nation in 1975. After various coups and run-ins with the British Navy, Sealand was finally recognised as a nation after the Germans sent a hostage negotiator to the 5,920sq ft former civil war fort after an attempted coup in 1978.
After broadcasting pirate radio across the south-east of England, the principality has latterly made its money out of hosting servers and selling titles to the likes of Neo-Guido, a Baron of the free-land. Prince Roy is succeeded, after a minor power struggle with Princess Joan, by Michael, the new regent and head of state. There could be a challenge though by one Johannes Seiger who is head of the shadow Sealandic Rebel Government, based in Germany, since his father was forced out after the failed coup of ’78.
A major film is in production about the nation’s history, until then Guido will leave you with the motto of this concrete paradise: “E Mare Libertas”
So, the So-vile angle is?…
Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes
Guy Newsroom welcomes @wickham_a aboard.
Phew! I thought it was *illy.
A sad loss.
Had he lived on another couple of years he might have seen Sealand overhaul the UK in GDP terms.
It sounds a bit like that old film Passport to Pimlico, I wonder if he got the idea from that.
Few real liberals left…. He was one of them.
I had never heard of this person nor place until today, it is a reminder to us all that one person can make a difference ( standing up to the state etc).
Just one thing tho, did they have diversity officers at Sealand?
See above.
You should open your eyes and ears more and your arse less.
Shame about the attempted coup though. The smaller the pickings, the hungrier the vultures.
Can anybody tell me if I can obtain a sealand passport and still keep my uk one ??
Also once a national of sealand is there room and facilities to set up a bunk bed or similar as living accommodation. ??
How much would it all cost. And who do I contact ??
For a savant…that’s allot of ignorance.
No… It s. actually a set of logical pedagogical questions which you quite patently are not qualified to answer .
So go sneeze without using a tissue as is your wont. And give everyone in breathing distance swine flu ….pillock
Confessing to be a pedagog !! Newsnight will hold an investigation into you – and then drop it
pedagogue, you fucking moron
You are Julian Assange, and I claim my five quid.
Don’t forget your TV licence.
This is a poor moment for the BBC to seek to assert an alleged extra-territorial authority to enforce this barbaric relic.
Where do we leave the flowers?
Probably buried at sea, take your pick
That’s one of mine.
Build a concrete platform – takeover a disused oil rig! – ANYTHING!!!!! – and then put all the tossers on it – from ALL Partees – + the Talibs + the Muzzo troublemakers – and then blow all the fuckers UP!!!!
RIP !
Solution!!
You just have to be a thick-as-a-plank Daily Mong reader.
Guido! – you gotta keep going man! – you owe it to him!
RIP an Honourable Man!
RIP fellow Prince. Boaz.
“…5,920 sq ft former >civil war< fort…"
For whom– the Cavaliers or the Roundheads?
One person facing up to another on a platform, could be construed as …
… a typical commuter train with no more room in the carriage.
I wondered about that. He could be refering to the Second Great European Civil War, 1939-45.
I think that it was probably built by the Royal Engineers.
Nice to see that when the UK government extended their territorial waters to 12 miles and included Sealand, Roy extended Sealand’s territorial waters by the same amount to include Felixstowe, Harwich and the southern part of Ipswich.
Cromwell blamed the monarchy for rising sea levels.
CANUTE GOT ‘IS FEET WET FEET ‘COS OF FATCHER !
‘Off of’? Civil War? Is the intern writing the copy?
Apologies to 28: didn’t mean to jump the queue. Great minds, &c.
Never heard of him.
There’s a fifth celeb now. And we don’t yet know the name yet.
The fourth man has yet to be named? Sinister!
Are you referring to somebody else who’s light on his feet?
Or are they waiting for him to die?
Funny how the BBC keep banging on about it being a long time ago and then report on Hillsbrough. Greg Dyke’s just been on Any Questions lying his barrow boy arse off – hmm…one wonders about his activities.
If Murdoch has done this and Max Clifford is paid up, well, fantastic. The Daily Mail are loving it too. John Simpson reported it 40 odd years ago.
The Macpherson report labelled the Met institutionally racist, what of the BBC?
If you want to see BBC lying jut ask Mark Thompson about whether he knew why the Newsnight Savile expose was pulled.
Lies, lies , lies!!!
The Bee has been covering up for that scumbag and with the help of establishment stooges like Patten are trying to stop any kind of investigation.
Hillsborough was 23 years ago. Jim’ll Fix It was broadcast at the time and continued being broadcast until (Fill in year here.) so that settkes that as a defence.
25 years ago !!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2216358/Jimmy-Savile-allegations-Why-did-listen-Jerry-Sadowitzs-howl-rage.html
thankfully in those days I was looking for a woman with brains and big boobies
Wasn’t a Plaice good enough for you?
was more of a whole body experience rather than one particular bit if you get my drift.
For those hoping for a paws in this ongoing saga…….
If you thought you had heard everything, – in “Modern Hound” tomorrow, Barney , the present Blue Peter dog reveals Petra, Patch, Shep and Goldie were all subjected to unwarranted attention from Jimmy Savile and friends. Their prolonged silence was because Beeb executives threatened to withold distemper shots.
Unlike others hoping to benefit from part of the 30 million J.S. Charity Funds they expect their fair share of the proceeds to be distributed to their descendents via dog biscuits.
did Jimmy have any pet animals?
Savile hated animals, but loved molesting children. All with the help of the BBC, who put him on a show for years where he could come into contact with them.
there was a place like this in Scandinavia, can anybody remember where it is ? Or perhaps it was an imaginary realm, I’ll google when I can be bothered.
It’s some hippy commune in Copenhagen I believe.
no that isn’t it
Just tried to find the one that you are thinking of. No luck I’m afraid. Are you sure it isn’t Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen?
Considering how many old rigs, windmills and small islands there are over there, along with the general mentality of the elk shaggers, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was one though.
Then there’s the Kingdom of Redonda…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Redonda
And then again you have some of these so-called “eccentrics” who start these tiny micronations turning out to be anything but, as it happens (as another “eccentric,” who turned out to be anything but, might have said):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Melchizedek
That was an inspiring read, Tay-King! Thanks.
Valhalla
Is Sealand a One Nation state?
WTF is this post all about. Never heard of the guy or any of the incidents. This wouldn’t be just a windup would it?
Look in the Echo archives.
I think the post is remarking on the passing away of a strong individualist.
He was a fantastic eccentric. Britain was full of ‘em.
Although he became semi-detached.
There’s a brilliant obituary in the Daily Telegraph.
Civil war fort? Off of? I knew you lot were thick, but come on. Was this written by an intern?
That is even bad by Neo’s standards.
“standards”? When did they arrive?
Friday afternoon– the next two days are on auto-pilot– it’s called “Let me knock off this last dopey little story and head off to the weekend retreat (after a slight detour to the nearest public house, of course…).”
Done it again. Must be my name, so I’ll change it. If that gets binned, I am off permanently.
When the Europenises have finished fucking us, a war between Britain and Germany will be a civil war.
Our civil war will be between the white indigenous people and the Muslim invaders who call them selves “British” just to get state benefits.
Pirate radio those were the days. Radio Caroline and another off the Yorkshire coast (I forget it’s name). Beat Radio Luxembourg hands down.
@31 laser?
Radio London was the best. Radio City was another. Radio 270 was the one off Yorkshire coast.
Then Tower Radio, Radio Essex, Radio Sutch (David Sutch aka Screaming Lord Sutch of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party), Swinging Radio England, Radio 355 (formerly Britain Radio), Radio Invicta, Radio 390 (formerly King Radio) and I think there were even more.
Do I detect the touch of a cat’s whisker ?
Might be!
I find a touch of regeneration clarifies the message after one’s casket has been opened.
You know, it makes sense :
http://www.loonyparty.com/
Thank god I put an end to all that free radio nonsense. You never know what the stupid proles might have started thinking, if we had let them get non-government approved information.
Entwhistle sounded like a right slimy c u n t. Two BBC investigations that as we know will go nowhere and will simply say “nothing to see here, now move along”
Balen report anyone?
Agree, he’s a shifty piece of work. Where are his skeletons buried?
Up his arse probably.
There are skeletons of his [Entwistle] ‘out there’ – and many at the beeb need to search their consciences (assuming the obvious of course). The whole stinking tier upon tier of ‘Authority’ and who failed in their public duty [A public Broadcaster] are implicated.
Newsnight could start by looking back at some communications [other dark arts areas] from about 2002 to 2003/2004 – George E of course will probably develope temporary amnesia – but hey there could be records out there!
We need all these fucking beeboids to give evidence on oath, I wouldn’t trust the word of a single one of them.
Do we know which ex BBC or Guardian scumbag is leading these ‘independent’ investigations yet?
A very different world we live in here today…..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2216734/Failed-Pakistani-asylum-seeker-raped-clubber-twice-authorities-failed-deport-him.html
Had ITV not picked up this story it would have been hidden away for years, just what the BBC wanted.
Fucking c u ntz the lot of them.
Still no word from Watson, Bryant, Grant and Coogan over the Savile allegations.
No money in it for them, so no interest.
It’s their beloved BBC, they won’t be wanting to boot the boot in.
Now let me think, isn’t that hypocrisy.
We prefer to call it self-interest.
Welcome to utopia brother Roy. We can now join forces and go down in history as Bonkers & Loony the guys that had the right idea, but were sadly stopped by the cretins.
If the Police Federation want Mitchell to resign, then why are they not calling for the BBC’s George Entwhistle to resign.
It looks as though the Police Federation are playing politics. Now why would that be?
‘cos they are?
Why is a branch of the ENGLISH police federation being led by a foreigner from north of Carlisle? Can’t the Scotch gits find anything else to do except stir up union touble?
Silly thing, we did away with England years ago. It exists in name only now.
Why the fuck are the BBC still calling that nonce ‘Sir’?
Theroux has been distinctly quiet about the whole thing, yet the bumbling oaf spent over a whole week with the scumbag.
Come on Louis, spill the beans.
This is perhaps the purest expression of English eccentricism, and all the better for it.
Ah I suspect anyone who is paid by the biased beeb on contract or salary has been told “if you want future earnings you’ll be very careful what you say about savile and the beeb”!!!
Funny, isn’t that how Savile operated?
Just shows how you cannot trust people with power these days.
I have declared Button Moon as an independent state, where I will shortly take up residence as Lord Of The Universe and Cowdenbeath.
Good! and don’t ever come back.
Tonight I’m watching one of my favourites, Button Poon, followed by Thighs Wide Shut.
I’ll be watching Schindler’s Fist.
we invited andrew mitchell round for a cuppa today – but he refused saying he doesn’t deal with plebs
I hope I’m celebrated when I’m gone.
There will definitely be celebrations all round on here.
British jobs for British workers !!!!
How’s that new book coming along. The sequel to your courage book.
COWARDICE !
It’s an autobiography isn’t it?
You were never there in the first place, well not in a sane way.
meanwhile our favourite girl made a video
Bravo
Brava! As she is a chick.
I’d rather be a bigot than a pleb.
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would…..
I raise
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/24725
End the licence fee by signing here.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19933274
Another Perv at the BBC gets honoured! All part of the culta! The dark side of celebrity culture!
Stop dancing round and name names. This site is im PERV ious.
Teenage kicks all through the night.
A baseball bat to the head of the head of BBC. Peedo apologists!
‘Speaking at the time, Mr Thompson said it was “a fitting tribute to a man (Peel) who personified so much of what the BBC stands for”.
Fair cop: if you say so…
They are going to need powerful fans when this shit hits.
The BBC announces TWO independent inquiries surrounding sex abuse claims against Sir Jimmy Savile, as police say they now have 340 potential lines of inquiry.
Two independent whitewashes, rather.
They say Satire is dead umm – I know it’s not.
Ch4 news ran two stories tonight atop – the first was of the BBC Savile expose. Then there was the The Police Federation frontman from West Mercia – calling for Mitchel’s head saying that his position was untenable.
However … Mitchel [in all seriousness] may well be entitled – and considering the Over The Top [OTT] reaction by the pigs [federation of!!!] – to the ‘pleb’ statement tell them all to “Hillsborough off” ….
i.e. Excuse me Federation boys but I refer you to your very own colleagues – at Hillsborough. Now FO and sort out the dirt in your own back yard pigs.
I think that the only person publicly defending Mitchell is Peter Hitchins of the Mail on Sunday. His argument is that Mitchell might or might not be a shit, but the police are abusing their power in this situation.Basically the police regard everyone else as plebs and don’t like it when the boot is on the other foot.
Letting someone pass through a gate on his bike three times in one day and then refusing a fourth time does seem a bit off. No wonder Mitchell got a bit hacked off.
Old Bill are calling for his resignation because he called one of them a pleb!!!!!!!!!!
And the leftie media keep stiring it up (it is a high flying tory after all). Yet when the Deputy Prime Minister of the hypocrite party actually punched a ‘pleb’ on camera there was no demand from the lefties for his removal.
Does that mean every single cozzer that has ever called someone a bad name has to retire?
What this shows is how this particular plod can’t stand to be answered back to – and there are plenty like him – if that had been anybody else they would have at the very least been given a streem of verbal abuse by this ‘offended’ muppet, and made to know that if they answerd back they would be then ‘prossesed’.
I hope cast Iron dave keeps him on, if only to show these Hillsburogh lying, newspaper murdering scumbags, that they don’t always get the last say.
Double Standards indeed.
About four years ago, a government minister was found guilty of employing an illegal immigrant, having not carried out proper checks on said immigrant in accordance with a law placed on the statute book by the said minister. The said minister was given a slap on wrist, but not required to resign.
Mitchell was rude to a copper, subsequently apologised, and his apology was accepted by said copper.
Which was the more serious wrongdoing?
Said Minister being one of the last Governments Attorney Generals – Lady wotsername.
Oh yeah … Baroness Scotland
Who wasn’t even Scottish. Coming from Dominica was she even British?
Poncy twat from the Guardian on Sky News defending the BBC. Um looks like the Guardian have already found the BBC innocent, so no need for an inquiry then.
Finally the media are waking up to what I’ve been saying for days now, the BBC had a duty of care to the children on their premises. The BBC could get its arse sued off.
But I believe there may be a criminal act here as well, that of conspiracy. Did senior BBC management actually cover up Savile’s kiddie fiddling? It’s clear several senior people at the BBC knew of Savile’s taste in young girls, so if they as a group covered it up, isn’t that a crime?
They all knew, speak to anyone from the Bbbc off record, and they’ll all tell you the same.
The BBC has been a hotbed of sexual shenanigans and misbehaviour for at least three decades. Doesn’t stop them condemning others for it, though.
LOL conspiracy? what about pimping? or trying to cover up evidence? or even assisting in a crime as in procurement?
the corrupt biased beeb is guilty of all of that and much more so why is government still supporting it??!
it’ll be your arse they’re suing if you pay the telly tax.
I think finally the biased beeb is outed/ found out.
From now on everyone will regard them as jimmysavile’s pimp!
If that is the case then paying the licence is effectively the same as paying a prostitute. The BBC is effectively living off immoral earnings.
As previously.
RIP biasedbeeb / jimmysavile’s pimp.
Time for government to sell you off and save us the £150 pa license fee for funding sexual predators!
But meanwhile do we HAVE to see multiple Photos evey bloody 10 minutes.
Can’t the MSM just give us a shadow.
Fiona Bruce acting the News again.
She’s hot
If androgynous is your thing maybe.
She is an annoying bitch, all that head nodding (when she approves) and head shaking when she doesn’t. That dopey Michelle Hussain is another nodder and shaker.
And Fiona Bruce would’t have stood a chance. But in these dumbing down days she is Queen
Yes Newsnight wheeling out ANOTHER fucking Guardian hack to defend them?
Why doesn’t the BBC have a SINGLE anti BBC voice on for ‘balance’
K U N T Z
Newsnight have three guests on to discuss the BBC and Savile and ALL three are supportive of the BBC.
All say the BBC are in the clear and nothing to worry about.
So no need for an investigation then?
The BBC still don’t get it do they?
Damage limitation exercise in full swing…..as it ‘appens.
Are you pissed?
This song was used to great effect in the end credits of David Lynchs’ Inland Empire, where Nina Simone gave a memorable personal appearance. It used to be available on youtube, but it looks like it’s been removed.
never mind here’s another good one
The major problem being is that most people do not agree with the stealth tax, namely the Licence Tax. The Biased Broadcasting Corporation are now worried that this might be the end of the gravy train. Lets face it they will lose an awful lot. Maybe this will concentrate the minds of parliment. However, expect screams of anguish from the left.
It’s started already, the only hacks the BBC are allowing airtime are Guardian or ex Guardian ones.
HIGNFY covered it tonight – even Hislop said “nobody KNEW”. (Depends what you mean by “knew” I guess.)
BTW, Balding looked tasty tonight; lost a bit round her chops; pity she’s a dyke.
Depends on what you mean by “nobody”. For example Janet Street-Porter and Esther Rantzen have said that they knew in the 70s but as they were nobodies they did not mention anything. Then in the 80s they still knew but they were still nobodies. In the 90s they also knew but as they were still nobodies there was nothing they could do. In the zeroes they still knew but as they were still nobodies there was nothing they could do about it.
Perhaps if the founder of Childline had known something she could have done something but alas rumours of Savile’s misdeeds never reached her concerned ears.
La Rantzen is being disingenous about having no influence. She does not mention that she was married to Des Wilcox, then head of BBC programmes!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4587116/Abuse-campaigner-I-told-Esther-Rantzen-about-paedo-Jimmy-Savile-18-years-ago.html
Hislop’s nobody knew takes a new twist
Ah, it was one of those Eyes Wide Shut deals
Nobody noticed this guy copping feels
No ace newshound caught a whiff of scandal
Anyway, it was too hot to handle
If that’s the measure of the BBC
Why’s Dave too frit to axe the licence fee?
BBC news chase scandals hither and thither some which even do not exist yet fail to find one on their own doorstep.
Will they investigate why they failed themselves?
HIGNFY was in full, scripted damage limitation mode. First up, claim no-one knew anything except for a few rumours. Completely ignore all the BBC people who have come forward saying they witnessed illegal acts. Then go onto say it’s the nasty newspapers having a go at state institutions, thus continuing the week-long BBC line of mentioning all the other state institutions involved.
Then Merton pipes up (as he only seems to work for the BBC I wonder if he is PAYE) claiming JS has friends in high places, namely the Blessed Margaret. I really hope someone on Mrs Thatcher’s staff can find some way of suing the little prick Merton for every penny he has.
In short, we the BBC knew nothing (except for everything we did know), everyone else was as bad as us, it’s all the fault of the nasty newspapers and, of course, Thatcher.
Definitely no hint of a vast socialist bureaucracy procuring for and protecting one of its chosen favourites.
This would be the same BBC where Richard Bacon would never ever work in again for using cocaine (until a suitable spot opened for him.) because using cocaine is not compatible with working for the BBC.
“off of” really??
Mini-Guido was educated under New Labour – we must make allowances.
This is a chance to have the BBC reformed root and branch. It might also be a definitive litmus test of the nature of Cameron’s true ethos, i.e., whether or not he institutes an independent, judge-led enquiry à la Leveson..
Extremely sad news. The story of Sealland is truly inspirational.
Extremely sad news. The story of Sealand is truly inspirational.
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