The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph newspapers have refused to run advertisements placed by Republic, Britain’s largest republican group. The advert called for the right to appoint the head of state to be taken from the Windsor family and given to the people through elections. The Telegraph told The Guardian newspaper that such adverts were “inappropriate”. These bans seem to indicate a new level of nervousness by supporters of the feudal institution.
This censorship by two conservative newspapers is a part of the systematic discrimination against republicans in Britain. For many year the BBC state broadcaster allowed no access for republican ideas while consistently supporting feudal institutions and ideas. Republicans are still banned from parliament.