Citizens Elect Dolly The Sheep As Monarch

On Monday 3rd June 2002, around 250 people gathered on Glasgow Green to declare themselves Citizens Not Subjects. The event, organised by the Scottish Socialist Youth was addressed by poets, singers, a Booker Prize winning author, and Scotland's only Socialist MSP.

The event gave an opportunity to stand against the sycophancy of the jubilee celebrations, and express the desire for an independent socialist republic rid of the feudal throwback of unelected heads of state - particularly the tax-dodging variety.

The climax of the event was a ballot to decide on a democratically elected monarch.Up for election were numerous candidates including Sean Connery (31 votes); Elizabeth Windsor (0 votes); Barbara Windsor (1 vote); Windsor Davies (1 vote); John Swinney, Gordon Brown and Jack McConnell (all three receiving null point from the Glasgow jury). It was breeding that won out in the end, with Dolly the Sheep winning by a clear majority with 62 votes.

Early concerns about the weather proved unfounded, and we spent the whole day bathed in sunshine. As it was, everyone there would have preferred to be rained on than reigned over*.
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