Category: Republic
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Christian Charity Child Beating – Claims By State Church Head Questioned
Channel 4 News has questioned the claim by Justin Welby, head of the UK’s state church, that he was abroad at the time that boys were beaten at Christian summer camps run by the Irwerne Trust. Welby had said that he had had no contact with the camps after 1978. The news programme claimed that…
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BBC Claims No “Public Interest” In Early Release of Enforcement Investigation
The TV Licensing blog has reported that the BBC has rejected a Freedom of Information request to release a report into the behaviour of its licence investigators on the grounds that it was intended for future publication at time unknown. The state-sponsored broadcaster said that “We do not consider that there is particular public interest in…
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Facebook Blocks Content That Offends Monarchists
In the second half of 2016 Facebook blocked 40 items that allegedly broke Thailand’s laws forbidding disrespect for the monarch. That was an increase from 10 in the first half of that year. Facebook claims that it must do this when a court order is issued under Thailand’s lèse majesté laws that deny free speech…
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Actors Fear Offending Windsors
A Guardian report has shown how the official British class system is useful for propping up the feudal institution of monarchy. In a report on an upcoming BBC TV drama about the monarchy the Guardian newspaper reported director Rupert Gould as referring in relation to the stage version to “certain actors refusing to be involved…
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Licence Resistance Increases – BBC Ups Staff Paid Over £150,000
Resistance to the requirement that citizens in the UK pay for permission before they may lawfully watch TV seems to have become stronger according to a report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. Despite an increase in the number of enforcement visits to homes without a licence to three million a year the…
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Control of Gambling Machines – Queen Windsor’s Interests May Override Public Interest
The supposed political neutrality of the British monarchy has again been put in doubt. According to news media reports the personal interests of Queen Windsor may be having an effect on the shaping of government policy on reducing the harm caused by gambling machines in betting shops. A government review of the gambling industry is…
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Monarchists Prepare for a Death in Their Family
When Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the mother of Britain’s current head of state, died in 2002 the public reaction was not completely to the liking of the monarchists. Some complained that all scheduled TV programmes were not cancelled, that a newscaster did not wear a black tie and that the 101 year-old deceased was described as an…
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Republican Parties Advance in Assembly Election – Monarchy Divides the Kingdom
Republican parties made strong advances in the recent Northern Ireland Assembly election. Sinn Féin and the SDLP, both of which advocate a united Irish republic, increased their share of the vote. They now hold 39 seats out of a total of 90. Sinn Féin won 27 seats and the SDLP 12. The leading parties that…
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“Greedy” BBC Enforcers Exposed.
Statements Taken Without Caution An undercover investigation has confirmed that enforcers for the monarchist British Broadcasting Corporation can earn bonuses of £15,000 a year when they collect the TV licence fee from more than 28 unlicensed people a week. A Daily Mail reporter posing as a candidate for an enforcement job was told by a…
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Supreme Court Rules For Preventative Arrest, Against Free Speech
Five so-called “lords” in Britain’s supreme court have ruled that the police may hold a citizen in preventative detention for as long as 5 ½ hours in order to prevent the exercise of free speech if that free speech might anger someone of a different opinion. The case arose from the arrests of a number…