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DisjointedHunt
You have the right to not shower for days and make a fool of yourself. It is considered indecent to do so.

Similarly, using a funeral service, public or not, to push your agenda is considered indecent. You have the right, yes, surely, but have some respect.

drKarl
There's probably not a better time to show your opposition to an unelected head of state than when it takes command of his new position.
austinjp
Exactly. When better to protest against an activity than when and where that activity is taking place?
austinjp
People were arrested at public events, not at a "funeral service".

It's not permissible to arrest someone on the grounds of "lack of respect" or "making a fool of yourself".

Arrests have been made under section 5 of the Public Order Act, which applies to behaviour deemed likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, or under some other law (I'm unclear which) for behaviour "likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm" [1].

It's heavy-handed nonsense.

[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/abolish-the-mona...

DisjointedHunt
It’s a state funeral.

You’ll get arrested for doing the same thing in the United States at state funerals there.

austinjp
Nope. People were arrested at public events that were not funerals. Unless you're redefining "state funeral" in some new way?