Month: May 2011
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Austerity for Multi-Millionaire Windsors? Not On Your Life!
The Telegraph newspaper has reported that in a new public relations drive by monarchists the government is negotiating with the Windsor family to reduce their taxpayer handouts in a way “acceptable to both parties”. The newspaper said that the clan would be losing “a significant amount of their £39.9 million annual income. The cut was…
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Scotland May Claim Crown Estate
Following its success in the elections for the Scottish Parliament the Scottish National Party (SNP) is expected to follow up on its wish for that Parliament to take control of the Crown Estate in Scotland. The Estate consists of vast property holdings including the seabed around Britain. The Windsor family believe this is theirs by…
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Internet Freedom on Slide in UK
The UK has fallen from position 25 to 23 since 2009 in Freedom House’s rating. The democracy watch dog reports that “Even in more democratic countries—such as Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and the United Kingdom—internet freedom is increasingly undermined by legal harassment, opaque censorship procedures, or expanding surveillance”. The full report is at…