Month: June 2011
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True Cost of Windsor Clan Confirmed
Republic, the British campaign against monarchy, has confirmed that Britain’s feudal head of state arrangements cost much more than claimed by defenders of the undemocratic institution. A report published last week says the true cost of this system of hereditary privilege to the people of Britain is £202.4m a year, not the £40m claimed by…
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Poll: Youth have little interest in royal visit to Canada
Toronto, June 23, 2011 – A recent poll conducted by Toronto’s York University community newspaper, “Excalibur,” appears to dispute the view that the royal newlyweds are increasing support for the monarchy among Canadian youth. In response to the question – ‘Are you excited about the royal couple coming to Canada in July?’ only 5% of…
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People Asked to Celebrate Another Sixty Years of Windsor Con Trick
Community Event Hijacked The Big Lunch, an effort to get neighbours socialising, is to be politicised in 2012 to help the Windsor clan hold on to its feudal privileges. The annual event is to be renamed the “Big Jubilee Sunday Lunch” and will be included in a programme of events to mark the sixtieth year…
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Australian Police Attack Free Speech
The Australian new site Perth Now has revealed that Australian police are spying on republicans ahead of a Windsor family visit to that country in October. State security police drove 270km to question republican Mark Tomkinson after he joked on his blog about dropping green paint on Kate Middleton when she married a leading Windsor…
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Canadian Honouring of Windsor Denounced
Prince Philip appointment shows severe lack of judgment Toronto, June 11, 2011 – Citizens for a Canadian Republic is breaking its longstanding policy of avoiding criticism of the British royals by expressing its shock and bewilderment at Prime Minister Harper’s decision to appoint Prince Philip as an honorary admiral and general in the Canadian Armed…
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Labour Minister Preferred Queens
If there was any doubt that the Labour Party supports hereditary privilege it has been eliminated by a revelation about the artistic preferences of Peter Mandleson, a senior minister in the last government. According to reports of an exhibition of works of art purchased by the state, Mandleson’s choices for decorating his offices while business…
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No Air Force One for British PM
According to the Financial Times British Prime Minister David Cameron had to rely on a plane provided by little known Eastern Airways when he attended the G8 meeting in France recently. The president of France arrived in a jet emblazoned “Republique Française “. The Italian and Canadian prime ministers both had impressive jets too. The…