Month: February 2014
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Fooling the People As Much As You Can
Government Lawyers Ask Appeal Court to Hush Up Windsor Letters Scandal It may not be possible to fool all of the people all of the time. But the British government thinks it can fool most of the people for much of the time. In an unusually frank attempt to do so government lawyers told the…
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Government Hush Up to Protect Monarchy
Guardian Appeals Against Gove Veto The Guardian newspaper has asked the Court of Appeal to overturn High Court endorsement of a government information freedom veto. The veto was intended to hide Windsor family interference in democratic government and prolong monarchy in Britain. Attorney-General Dominic Grieve vetoed a freedom of information tribunal decision that letters from…
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Day of Anguish and Humiliation for Bourbons
The Spanish Bourbon family had a “day of anguish and humiliation” when the daughter of Spain’s king was questioned in court last Friday, according to the Financial Times. The Bourbons were once considered untouchable. But Christina Bourbon is now a suspect in a case of alleged embezzlement of public funds by her husband. The privileges…
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Bourbon Revelations Show Extent of Windsor Trick
Spanish Family Paid Less Than Bankers The extraordinary financial support given to Britain’s Windsor family has been given new emphasis by the publication of figures for the income of the Spanish Bourbons. The Spanish family has felt obliged to be more open in order to counter falling support for its privileges Carlos Bourbon takes a…
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Republicans Undaunted By Poor Poll Result
Change in Monarch May Change Views Australian republicans are reported to be unsurprised by a recent poll that shows support for Britain’s feudal family at just over two percentage points above support for an Australian republic. Former deputy PM Wayne Swan said that that poll should inspire republicans to “redouble efforts”. Geoff Gallop, who chairs…