Month: July 2007
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Loyalty Oath Petition
If you think petitioning the Prime Minister is useful you may want to sign an online one that calls for the abolition of the oath of allegiance to the Windsors that British legislators are required to take. It’s at www.petitions.pm.gov.uk/republicanism
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Class Warfare
Ninety percent of Britain’s “top” army officers attended private secondary schools, according to a report by the House of Commons public accounts committee. The report confirmed the impression of many observers that the British army is still permeated by the residue of its feudal origins and that soldiers with the “wrong” social background may be…
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Being Not Doing
Another division in British society has been exposed by a report from the City and Guilds, which shows that almost 25 per cent of the richest British entrepreneurs and business executives who started out by getting “their hands dirty on the shop floor” are Scottish in origin. Since the class system seems less rigid in…
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Speech Unfree
The limits on free speech in Britain were apparent when Republic was prevented from holding a peaceful protest outside the Windsors’ main London palace near Victoria station. In other free speech infringements republicans and others are not allowed to advertise on TV but are obliged, if they want permission to legally watch any TV at…
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Windsor Scam
When it published its annual accounts the Windsor family again claimed that it costs the taxpayers only £37m a year. Republic, the group that campaigns for the abolition of the feudal institution, put the true figure at closer to £152m. This includes police protection and tax breaks for family members. It does not include their…
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State Broadcaster Wastes Money
The millions of Britons who have paid the BBC for a licence to watch television will now pay for 16,500 of the corporation’s staff to attend ethics seminars. This follows the revelation that supposed winners of TV competitions were in fact employees of the media giant. The state broadcaster takes £3bn annually from television viewers…
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Australia Tells Windsors To Stay Home
A second attempt by a Windsor family member to take a top Australian public position has failed. Prime Minister John Howard has declared that 25 year old William Windsor is an unacceptable candidate for governor-general of his country. Mr. Windsor’s father, Charles Windsor, was rejected for the same position in the 1980s. He was reported…