Month: December 2013

  • Republicans Still Criminals in Britain

    The Ministry of Justice has withdrawn an announcement that republicans are no longer liable for life imprisonment for their beliefs. It said that Section 3 of the Treason Felony Act 1848, which provides for that penalty for those who call for the abolition of monarchy, has not been repealed. Last week a footnote to a…

  • Australian Republic Boost

    An Australian Republican Movement (ARM) poll indicates that 48% of Australians agree with their governor-general that their country should become a republic. Perhaps surprisingly support for the democratic option is strongest, at 59%, in those aged 60-69. And more than 50% of Australians aged 18-39 wanted to free their country from monarchy. Governor-General Quentin Bryce…

  • Royalists Run Riot in Thailand

    Thai Monarchists Support “People’s Council” The lie that monarchy is a stabilising institution that unites a nation is taking a battering in Thailand. Violent disorder in the streets is continuing as the opposition tries to overthrow the democratically elected government. The opposition includes what the Financial Times terms “the old royalist establishment”. Opposition protesters have…