Month: December 2007

  • Constitution Discrimination Must Stop, Says Legislator

    The revelation that former Prime Minister Tony Blair has converted to Catholicism and that the Catholic Church has more weekly worshippers than the state Anglican Church has brought increased hope for democratic reform in Britain. Both the Times and The Financial Times have suggested that this may lead to reform of the Act of Settlement,…

  • BBC Again Accused of Monarchist Bias

    The Republic group says that it will be lodging a formal complaint against the BBC about its five-part documentary “Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work”. Spokesperson Graham Smith said: “The BBC’s documentary was biased, deferential and unquestioning. Throughout the programme the royals were portrayed in a flattering light and ‘facts’ were relayed without question or…

  • Nepal To Be Free Of Monarchy

    The government of Nepal has agreed that the country’s monarchy should be abolished after the next election. The decision to bring an end to the feudal institution followed the withdrawal from the government of Maoist former rebels who wanted an immediate republic.

  • British Legislator To Do American Time

    British legislator Conrad Black will be spending six and a half years in a federal prison in Florida following his conviction in a multi-million-dollar fraud trial. Black, who goes by the title of “Lord Black of Crossharbour”, was appointed in 2001 as a legislator-for-life in the British parliament. The former newspaper owner gave up his…

  • International Threats To British Monarchy

    Liz Windsor, Britain’s hereditary head of state, has “made clear” that “Australians must decide for themselves” whether their country should become a republic. The generous concession to the democratic rights of the people of Australia was reported in an editorial in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, a strong supporter of feudalism, following the Labour Party success…