Q 5: P7. Monday’s gathering of republican activists took place in a borrowed office in Islington, the London borough renowned as the HQ of Guardianish opinions. At the behest of the FT’s photographer, they went down with their placards to pose in the quiet side street below. I only saw a couple of passers-by during this exercise. One emitted a distant cry of “Rubbish”. The other was an elderly gent who came over, politely and firmly, to offer his opinion: “I hope to God you people never get your way,” he said. According the 6th paragraph, what is the event that turned the public opinion on the monarcy? What did the edlderly gent mean by “I hope to God you people never get your way,?