Month: January 2011

  • No Room At Windsor Barbecue for Unwed Couple

    In his account of Tony Blair’s Downing Street in The New Machiavelli, Jonathan Powell tells of an event he says converted him to republicanism. The Prime Minister’s chief of staff and girlfriend Sarah had gone with Blair on a visit to one of the many taxpayer-funded homes of hereditary head of state Elizabeth Windsor. But…

  • No Relief from Windsor Mug

    The British government and the Windsor family have reached an agreement that the head of the hereditary head of state should always appear on British postage stamps. The law will be changed to require this. Monarchists had feared that if the Royal Mail is privatised and bought by a foreign company the practice of putting…

  • Cover Up Privilege for Windsors

    The extraordinary privileges of the Windsor family are to be extended by their exemption from the Freedom of Information Act. All documents related to hereditary head of state Windsor and her son, including emails and letters, will be kept secret even if disclosure can be shown to be in the public interest. This will seriously…