Month: January 2012
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Children Used To Bolster Feudalism
Monarchists Tell The Old Lie Monarchists are trying their old tick, claiming that support for their feudal institution is not political. With this lie they are defending the government’s decision to involve school children in their “jubilee” celebration this year of another 60 years in which the majority of Britons have been denied the right…
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BBC Smears Republicans – Again
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has once again smeared republicans, linking them to a murder trial in Northern Ireland. The state broadcaster described Colin Duffy, who was acquitted of killing British soldiers, as a “prominent republican”. This was in contrast to the Washington Post. Reporting the same story the American newspaper took the trouble to…
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Government Minister Proposes £60m Gift to Windsors
“Austere Times” Justification If anyone doubted that monarchists have no sense of shame, a minister in the coalition government has put them straight. Education Secretary Michael Grove has proposed that £60m should be taken from the people of Britain and given to the Windsor clan, in the form of an ocean-going yacht. In a time…
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Prime Minister Intends to Free Jamaica From Monarchy
Portia Simpson Miller, the new Prime Minister of Jamaica, has said that she intends to free her country from the British monarchy and make it a republic. Her People’s National Party has a two-thirds majority in Parliament but the people of Jamaica would be asked to vote for the change in a referendum. It is…
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Spanish Monarchy Hit By Corruption Scandal
Inaki Urdangarin, a Spanish “duke” and husband of the Bourbon “king” of Spain’s daughter, has been summoned by the Balearic Islands High Court on charges of “diverting taxpayers’ money, fraud and falsification of documents” according to the Financial Times. A non-profit he headed is alleged to have misused over £5m of payments by two regional…
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Republic Opponent Given British Award
John Howard, former Prime Minister of Australia, has become the sixth Australian to be awarded the British Order of Merit by the hereditary head of state of both countries. According to The Australian, some leading republicans believe that Howard’s part in defeating the referendum that would have freed Australia from monarchy was one reason for…