Category: Republic

There are encouraging signs that New Zealand may be on the way to freeing itself from the grasp of the Windsor clan and recognising the sovereignty of the people. The New Zealand Labour Party voted last weekend for a referendum when Liz Windsor dies which would allow citizens to decide that their country should be…

Want Female Windsors to Have Share The Parliamentary Accounts Committee wants to end discrimination against female members of the Windsor clan. It says that if one becomes first in line to be Britain’s head of state, she should be able to pocket annual income of as much as £18m from the Duchy of Cornwall. That…

Will Not Support Sri Lanka Boycott Prime Minister David Cameron will be going to the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka to back a Windsor family lobbying effort despite calls for him to join a boycott of the summit host country. The summit will be the first attended by Charles Windsor in place of his mother…

The enduring power of feudalism has been brought to attention by the passing on 12 October of a deadline for the registration of ancient property rights. These are rights previously held by the “lord of the manor”. They do not appear in title deeds and were often unknown to property purchasers. They include the right…

In a particularly unpleasant demonstration of the British difficulty with democracy the Daily Mail newspaper has identified republican beliefs as evidence of hatred of Britain. An article by Geoffrey Levy, seemingly intended to undermine Labour Party leader Ed Miliband by attacking his father Ralph, accused the senior Miliband of hating Britain. It cited his “hatred”…

The unfortunate effect that monarchy can have on normally sensible people and institutions was illustrated this week by a Financial Times story. The newspaper’s correspondent reported on the decision of the Netherlands government to significantly reduce that country’s “welfare state”. The report was headlined “King’s speech to parliament heralds end of Dutch welfare state”. Although…

An MP who once insisted on wearing body armour while on a walkabout with police meeting citizens in her Peckham constituency might be expected to have difficulty with the concept of public accountability. So it is with Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour Party. Harman has found fault with a government proposal to give…

But Comparison With Police and Press Faulty Forty five per cent of Britons believe it “very important” that we keep the monarchy according to a survey by NatCen Social Research. That might seem not to be such bad news for republicans. However, six years ago only 27 per cent expressed such support for the feudal…

The latest challenge to the Crown Estate has come from the Orkney Islands Council in Scotland. According to the Financial Times “A key goal of Orkney is to wrest control of the seabed around the islands from the Crown Estate . . .. Although such assets have long held relatively marginal economic importance, the development…

A “livid” Andrew Windsor, known to monarchists as “Prince Andrew” and “Duke of York”, tore a strip off police who mistook him for an intruder at a Windsor palace in London, according to the Sunday Express. In an official statement Windsor, who seems to have been embarrassed that he was not recognised, said the police…