Children Used To Bolster Feudalism

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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 to hold public office because of the family they were born into, another 60 years of Windsor looting.

Camilla Windsor, daughter-in-law of hereditary head of state Elizabeth Windsor, came up with the idea of a cooking competition for 10 – 15 year old children to celebrate the jubilee and this is now supported by the Department for Education.

Ms. Windsor has a keen interest in promoting monarchy. Her husband takes more than £18m a year from the people of Britain just for being queen Windsor’s son. Despite this the government is claiming that the competition is not partisan and not barred by the Education Act’s ban on political activity.

But a statement by the Department of Education makes it clear that that the purpose of the competition is very partisan. The statement says:

“The law (the Education Act) is designed to stop children being indoctrinated by biased and unbalanced political views, not from joining in a national celebration with millions of others. . . Individual schools can choose how to mark the event. It is difficult to see how a cooking competition could possibly be construed as inherently partisan or unbalanced”.

Even in denying that the event is political the Department’s words make clear that children are to be encouraged to join a “national celebration” to “mark” 60 years of monarchy, which republicans most certainly would not wish to do. Even schools that do not take part in the competition seem to be expected to celebrate feudal rule in some other way.

Just as the supporters of Muammar Gaddafi of Libya once did and as those who love Bashar al-Assad of Syria still do, the defenders of anti-democratic privilege in Britain cannot resist making the absurd claim that everyone loves their leaders. Democrats understand that there is always dissent and that this is good. When monarchists deny it they put beyond doubt their contempt for democratic rights.


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