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Bemusement as protesters ‘seize Edinburgh Castle’ claiming ‘satanic paedophiles’ running country

"When I read that people had seized Edinburgh castle citing a non existent Article of the English Magna Carta of 1215 ... my first thought was "anti-vaxxers" but this lot seem even barmier," wrote Otto English.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-08-18 08:33
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A group of protesters identifying as “peaceful, sovereign” people have claimed to seize Edinburgh Castle.

The small group was seen at the landmark in a Facebook Live video on Tuesday afternoon, with Police Scotland confirming officers were still in attendance hours later.

In the 13-minute video, a woman says the castle “belongs to the people” and that they are “taking our power back”.

‘we have a rightful, we are lawful, we are standing under common law, today’.

Just let them in, see what they get up to next. https://t.co/7aum1qr9pU

— Lynn MBE ? (@Lynn_McGoo) August 18, 2021

She adds the Scottish people have been “lied to all our lives” and that the “building belongs to us, we have taken the castle back” in an effort to “restore the rule of law”.

Another man then says: “Treason’s been going on for that long now, we can’t sit back and let everybody perish under the stupid legislation and fraudulent government tyranny, so let’s just take it all back, not just the castle.”

The woman then speaks again calling for “no more enslavement” and the “people and commonwealth are going to be free”.

She tells viewers they are going to “take everybody down”, including government, the courts and “the crown is coming down today”.

After saying the group is “putting we, the people, back into power”, a second man adds: “We are the people.”

Peasants

The woman also claims “corrupt, evil, satanic paedophiles are running this country” and Scots have been kept “like peasants for 800 years”.

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As police appear, she shouts “notice to compel” and informs officers they are seizing the castle under article 61 of Magna Carta – “the only law in the land” – which predates the Act of Union.

The woman says she has put Police Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone “on notice” about them taking the castle.

One officer asks the woman for her name, to which she says she is “not obliged” to do, before identifying herself anyway.

The police constable then asks: “How many more people are you expecting to come to Edinburgh Castle today to join your protest?”

When she tells him “it’s not a protest, we’re actually taking it back” he replies: “Right, no worries.”

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Officers are currently in attendance at Edinburgh Castle and are engaging with a group of people who have gathered within the castle grounds.”

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1.

Is Edinburgh Castle still under siege?? pic.twitter.com/ZFTe1S1cGe

— Meiks? (@meiks13) August 18, 2021

2.

Like Dad’s Army meets Blackadder – the “storming” of Edinburgh Castle is beyond parody ? https://t.co/b4e8EOTGPn pic.twitter.com/BS0JQKSjVZ

— Kirsty Craig (@MrsKirstyCraig) August 18, 2021

3.

Protesters claim to ‘seize’ #EdinburghCastle citing Magna Carta; do they REALLY not know that Scotland was a COMPLETELY different country until WAY after Magna Carta, & that it therefore has NEVER applied there?!? https://t.co/ttZublzTR7

— Richard Truscott (@rtruscott) August 18, 2021

4.

Edinburgh Castle has fallen

— Paul Black (@paulbIack) August 18, 2021

5.

When I read that people had seized Edinburgh castle citing a non existent Article of the English Magna Carta of 1215 … my first thought was “anti-vaxxers” but this lot seem even barmier.

— Otto English (@Otto_English) August 17, 2021

6.

folk have seized Edinburgh Castle under article 61 of the magna carta and my fave thing about it it's the police response. pic.twitter.com/PPfl7swCJp

— kally .•°•.•??? (@kyumulus) August 17, 2021

7.

When you hear protestors have seized Edinburgh Castle, citing the Magna Carta… pic.twitter.com/nqNhRIiz6B

— RH (@oyenry) August 17, 2021

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