Left-wing commentators and anti-royal critics politicise King’s cancer diagnosis with slew of distasteful comments

Left-wing and anti-royal critics were quick to politicize the King’s cancer diagnosis with distasteful comments following the shock announcement by Buckingham Palace on Monday evening.

As world leaders and other well-wishers shared their messages of support for the king, some left-wing commentators made a slew of inappropriate comments, including remarks about the speed with which he will be dealt with.

Some commentators took to X, formerly Twitter, to claim His Majesty’s swift treatment was elitist.

Kevin Maguire, editor of the Daily Mirror, said: ‘Two in five cancer patients referred urgently by a GP do not start treatment within the NHS target of two months.

“I wish King Charles a full recovery, but we cannot ignore the fact that many others are not as privileged or fortunate.”

As world leaders and other well-wishers shared their messages of support for the king, some left-wing commentators made a slew of inappropriate comments.

Ava Evans, political correspondent for the left-wing news website JOE, wished Charles a speedy recovery, but also said this was “a good time to think about statutory sick pay benefits – and about the millions of people who have to continue working while sick because they can’t afford not to.’

John Smith, son of the late social justice activist Harry Leslie Smith, posted less than 25 minutes after the King’s diagnoses were revealed: ‘Never forget that KingCharles had no waiting periods that will reduce his chance of surviving cancer, unlike regular NHS -patients, thanks to the defunding of public health care done by neoliberal governments to enrich the 1% to which the king belongs.’

The Republic, which had been campaigning for the abolition of the monarchy and had supported the king’s coronation, showed some mercy, writing on X: ‘Cancer is a terrible disease and we are very sorry to hear of Charles’ diagnosis. We wish him a speedy recovery.’

But after users replied, “I hope he gets the same treatment as everyone else,” Republic’s account replied, “Indeed, and we hope everyone gets the treatment he or she needs.”

Meanwhile, Rivkah Brown, editor-in-chief and reporter at the far-left newspaper Novara Media, reposted a Guardian news report warning that Britain’s state pension age would soon have to be raised to 71.

Alongside the post, she wrote on

“Four good years, boys, that’s your destiny.”

LBC radio presenter James O’Brien responded to a listener’s text, criticizing him for ‘failing to draw attention to’ the different care the king will receive compared to regular NHS cancer patients

Some commentators took to X, formerly Twitter, to claim His Majesty’s swift treatment was elitist

It is not the first time Ms Brown has posted distasteful comments online. Last year, she was forced to apologize and delete a social media post in which she said Hamas’ terrorist atrocities on October 7 were “a holiday.”

Today, LBC radio presenter James O’Brien responded to a listener’s text, criticizing him for ‘failing to draw attention to’ the different care the King will receive compared to regular NHS cancer patients.

In response to the listener, who suggested he should be ashamed of this failure, Mr O’Brien said: ‘I think I deserve that… but I promise you now, after reading that and similar messages coming in , we will focus our attention at the first opportunity on the gap between what you can expect, the moment after diagnosis, and what the king can expect.’

Controversial academic Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu accused the media of ‘whitewashing’ Charles’ legacy and ‘portraying him as a saint for ‘working’ when he should be recovering’.

In a post on I hate it with a passion. King Charles has my sympathy in this regard.

‘I wish him and thousands of people across Britain diagnosed with cancer a full recovery.

“The news and media viewing has already started to whitewash his legacy as a ‘monarch’ and portray him as a saint because he is ‘working’ when he should be focusing on his recovery.

Controversial academic Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu accused the media of ‘whitewashing’ Charles’ legacy

‘Please be aware that there are thousands of cancer patients on long NHS waiting lists, some MUST work because they cannot afford not to and will not have access to the quality of healthcare and specialists that he would have.

“Furthermore, they will not have the wealth or staff to make themselves comfortable while dealing with this terrible disease.

“The media needs to stop being tone deaf and start reading the audience.”

Dr. Mos-Shogbamimu is no stranger to controversy, having previously said the Duchess of Sussex was right to skip King Charles’ coronation, describing it as ‘an inspiration’.

She was also branded a ‘race-baiter’ by Piers Morgan in 2020 after they clashed over the Duchess on Good Morning Britain.

And last year she was criticized by Jewish groups for her social media posts comparing Israel to Nazi Germany.