Month: March 2009
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State Broadcaster Defames Republicans
BBC TV News reported on Friday that “a leading republican” had been arrested on a charge of murdering soldiers in Northern Ireland. In fact the arrested man, Colin Duffy, is not known to be a member of any of the main republican organisations in the UK. He has, however, been associated with a small group…
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British Support Equal Opps for Windsors, Not For Selves
A BBC opinion poll has indicated that 89% of Britons want an end to discrimination against female members of the Windsor family, which has the exclusive right to provide the head of state under Britain’s feudal constitution. Nineteen percent favour continued discriminations against Catholics and seventy-six per cent believed that the majority of citizens should…
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Research Project May Speed New Zealand Republic
The government of New Zealand is to sponsor a research project into the role of its hereditary head of state, who it shares with Britain and some former British colonies. Two constitutional lawyers will spend three years looking at the country’s constitution. A Cabinet Officer legal researcher will work with them. Former governor-general Cath Tizard…