Month: March 2008

The people of Britain could still be denied the right to elect all their legislators under proposals being drawn up in secret and reported in the press. Hundreds of years after democrats first demanded abolition of the House of Lords the government is still considering the option of having as many as 80 legislators appointed…

The number of chief executives of FTSE 100 companies that are “knights” has fallen to just 5 from 32 in 1984, according to a report in the Financial Times. In 1984, when the FTSE was created, 40 per cent of the British CEOs of companies on the index used the feudal title. Now only 8.6…

The supreme court has upheld a High Court ruling that the Communications Act 2003, which forbids “political” television advertisements, does not beach the human rights of British citizens. The “law lords” agreed unanimously that there should be a “level playing field” for competing opinions. It believed allowing the buying of TV time would give unfair…

“The BBC collects the (licence) fee, creating a personal contract with every household”. Patricia Hodgson, a Dame Commander of the British Empire and British Broadcasting Corp. trustee writing in The Financial Times. “This is an official warning that the TV Licensing Enforcement Division will be proceeding with a full investigation of the above address. This…

Queens Belong Only In Fairy Tales Says Republican Centre The Centre for Citizenship has condemned a proposal that British children swear allegiance to the Windsor family to encourage them to feel a sense of belonging to their country. The proposal was made by legislator-for-life Peter Goldsmith in a report to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Mr.…