Month: May 2003

Five thousand businesses in the City of London are to be enfranchised in local elections. They will join the 11, 000 sole traders and partnerships that have the vote already. There are only 6000 City residents entitled to vote. Small businesses will have one vote. Those with 50 or more staff will be entitled to…

Charlie Windsor, who is entitled to inherit the office of head of state on the death of his mother, has decided that British taxpayers should pay £4.6M to do-up his dead grandmother’s old London home, Clarence House. Mr. Windsor will live there when not staying at his Scottish castle, London palace or Gloucestershire mansion.

The resignation of the Governor-General of Australia has put the freeing of that country from the British monarchy back on the public agenda, according to the Australian Republican Movement (ARM). Dr. Peter Hollingworth stepped down as Liz Windsor’s representative and head of state in Australia following a scandal involving an allegation of rape and criticism…

A bill to remove the remaining 92 hereditary legislators for life will be introduced in the next session of parliament, according to a report in the Telegraph newspaper. The bill would also establish a commission to appoint new legislators-for-life. Ten Conservative Party legislators would lose their seats if the bill was passed. Among them would…