Category: Republic

Britain’s state church is looking for a hedge fund or private equity manager to manage its £5.2bn of investments, according to the Financial Times. The person appointed will manage hedge fund investments that have doubled since 2011 and account for about 10 per cent of the Church of England’s assets. Private equity investments generated a…

People’s Rights Trumped by Feudal Privilege The government has taken the side of the Windsor clan against the people, blocking a ruling by an information freedom tribunal that efforts by Charles Windsor to use his privileged status to influence public policy should be disclosed to the people. An information tribunal chaired by a judged had…

Government Tries to Downplay Windsor Foreignness The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs has sent an email to organisers of events for Charles Windsor’s tour in November stating that there is to be “no use of Union Jacks or bunting.” According to the New Zealand Republican Movement the Department explained this strange request by saying…

The BBC has apologised to queen Windsor after one of its journalists disclosed a conversation with the super-rich feudal head of state. Reporter Frank Gardner had revealed that Windsor, who supposedly does not interfere with government, had expressed strong opinions on delays in the deportation of Abu Hamaz al-Masri. The BBC is usually a strong…

The use of the term “pleb” by a senior British politician to refer to a police officer with whom he had an argument has caused widespread anger in Britain. Most British people accept that the office of head of state should be reserved for individuals deemed to be “royal”. They accept the inheritance by “nobles”…

The New Zealand republican movement has called the return of the term “Queen’s Counsel” for senior lawyers “pointless, meaningless and regressive “. It predicted that the title would be abolished again as the opposition party has promised to do so if it again forms the government. The use of the title discriminates against republicans who…

Conservative legislator Chris Skidmore wants Britain to put on a state funeral if remains of a body found beneath a car park are found to be those of the Richard Plantagenet, a so called king who died in 1485. Skidmore told the news media that this was warranted despite Plantagenet’s reputation for wickedness because he…

Discrimination Against Citizens To Remain The New Zealand republican movement has reported that the British government plans to legislate at the end of the year to stop discrimination against female members of the Windsor clan. The timing was revealed by the New Zealand parliament’s Web site. The legislation will allow female Windsors the same rights…

The waste of the people’s money on queens and kings during a time of austerity for many of those paying the bills is being questioned more. The so-called king of Spain is facing demands that he slash his spending and publish details of what he is spending taxpayers’ money on. Belgium’s “king” has decided to…

Britain’s Information Commissioner has ruled that a secret official guide to feudal practices in Britain’s deeply flawed democracy must be published. The guide advises civil servants on getting the consent of the Windsor clan before proposing changes to laws that might affect their private interests. The Commissioner has given the Cabinet Office until 25 September…