Category: Republic

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg thinks it is “a little old fashioned” that female Windsor clan members are discriminated against when it comes to sharing the feudal privileges to which the clan lays claim. Clegg, who is responsible for constitutional reform, does not seem to find “old fashioned” the monarchy against which British democrats have…

The Dalai Lama has denounced monarchy, saying that “The rule by spiritual leaders, the rule of kings or rajahs is now outdated”. The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists announced that he was giving up the political power that has been attached to his position for centuries. He said he not want to be like the…

Persuading legislator-for-life that they should lose their feudal privileges was a “hard process” according to Thomas Galbraith, who also goes by “Lord Strathclyde” and is Leader of the House of Lords. This admission that even when it comes to ending feudal privilege, the privileged call the shots, is a reminder of how far Britain has…

The Financial Times newspaper has shown implicit support for the British monarchy. In an editorial advising Andrew Windsor, who is both a “prince” and a “duke” in the country’s official class hierarchy, to resign as Britain’s trade ambassador the FT warned that the increasing criticism that he has received “threatens to embarrass the royal family”.…

Tristam Hunt, a Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent, has advised William Windsor on how to avoid losing the unjust feudal privilege of becoming hereditary head of state. In an article in The Institute of Public Policy Research tank’s quarterly journal he advises the second in line for Britain’s highest public office that the needs to think…

British police swear an oath of allegiance to the Windsor family. Their badges show a crown and the initials ER, referring to the feudal head of state. And for London’s Metropolitan Police this seems to be more than a formality . In 2006 they investigated allegations that News International reporters had “hacked” the mobile phones…

Colin Firth, who plays the part of the sixth “King” George in “The King’s Speech” movie has revealed that he does not support the feudal institution that was once headed by the character he portrays. Mr. Firth told CNN’s Piers MorganTonight show that “I really like voting. It’s one of my favourite things”. British citizens…

The BBC has ordered its staff not to use the term “electoral reform” according to the Yes To Fairer Votes Council. The Council says it has seen an internal Corporation document that gives this instruction. There is to be referendum in May on whether to reform the way votes are counted in British elections. The…

In his account of Tony Blair’s Downing Street in The New Machiavelli, Jonathan Powell tells of an event he says converted him to republicanism. The Prime Minister’s chief of staff and girlfriend Sarah had gone with Blair on a visit to one of the many taxpayer-funded homes of hereditary head of state Elizabeth Windsor. But…

The extraordinary privileges of the Windsor family are to be extended by their exemption from the Freedom of Information Act. All documents related to hereditary head of state Windsor and her son, including emails and letters, will be kept secret even if disclosure can be shown to be in the public interest. This will seriously…