Category: Republic

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…

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…

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…

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…

Justin Welby, head of the British state church, has apologised unreservedly for abuse by a former colleague that was unreported for thirty years. The apology was in response to allegations by Channel 4 News that John Smyth had beaten 22 private-school boys who had attended summer camps intended to persuade them of the merits of…

Michael D Higgins is a non-executive head of state chosen by the people of Ireland. Elizabeth Windsor is a non-executive head of state imposed on the people of the UK. President Higgins worked hard to obtain distinction as a student and academic. He was elected to the Irish parliament and served in government before being…

Opposition to Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain has been undermined by the pro-monarchy phrasing of the petition to Parliament. The petition says that the proposed visit should be cancelled because “it would cause embarrassment to” queen Windsor. That seems very unlikely as Britain’s hereditary head of state has entertained the likes of Robert Mugabe…

British Prime Minister Theresa May has, as reported by the New York Times, “scolded (US) Secretary of State John Kerry for his speech criticising Israel”. May’s criticism was of Kerry’s comments on the “composition of the democratically elected government of an ally” rather than of his criticism of the policies of the government of Israel.…

Elizabeth Windsor, the UK’s feudal head of state, has been making behind-the-scenes moves to have her position as head of the British Commonwealth automatically transferred to her son Charles on her death. Mr Windsor is widely regarded as eccentric and lacking in talent. The “British Commonwealth” is a group of mostly former British Empire colonies.…

According to the monarchist Telegraph newspaper about 100 Conservative Party legislators, about a third of Conservative MPs, believe that £120m should be spent to buy a new yacht for the Windsor family. Some of the money would be taken from the overseas aid budget. The newspaper quoted former defence minister Gerald Howarth as asking why…