The Centre for Citizenship

Month: March 2005

  • Licence for Personal Computers Threatened

    The government is considering a “levy” on owners of personal computers to finance the BBC. According to its green paper on the future of the state media giant this may be necessary if large numbers switch to watching TV on the Internet instead of using traditional television receivers. It is not clear whether the government…

  • New Zealand Republic OK Says Windsor

    Charles Windsor, son of Britain’s hereditary head of state, is reported to have said that he would be happy for New Zealand to become a republic. He told conservationist Chris Laidlaw in a 1997 conversation in Christchurch, New Zealand that “to be frank, I think it would come as a great relief to all of…