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The Windsor clan are to receive £369m to refurbish their main London home, known as Buckingham Palace. The money to repair the palace will be found by increasing the annual percentage of Crown Estate profits given to the Windsors from 15% to 25%. The Estate is a public holding of property assets and is not…

Thirty one new legislators are soon to take seats in the UK legislature. But none of them were chosen by the people. And the people will be unable to remove them. They will serve until they die and will be accountable to no one. The new legislators are so-called Lords and sit in the House…

Monarchist Australian Prime Minister is bringing back feudal titles after 28 years in which that country has been free of them. But republicans believe that this will increase support for an Australian republic. The Australian Republican Movement (ARM) says support has grown since Abbot swore allegiance to British queen Windsor when he became prime minister.…

TV Watching Without Permission May Become Civil, Not Criminal The government is considering proposals that non-payment of the TV licence fee should be made a civil wrong instead of a criminal offence. Citizens would still be forbidden from watching TV without state permission. And they would still be required by law to pay for the…

Guardian Appeals Against Gove Veto The Guardian newspaper has asked the Court of Appeal to overturn High Court endorsement of a government information freedom veto. The veto was intended to hide Windsor family interference in democratic government and prolong monarchy in Britain. Attorney-General Dominic Grieve vetoed a freedom of information tribunal decision that letters from…

Loyalty Is To Country Seventy per cent of Australians prefer a pledge of allegiance to their country rather than to queen Windsor according to a poll commissioned by the Australian Republican Movement (ARM). This follows the decision of new Prime Minister Tony Abbot, a confessed monarchist, to revert to the feudal pledge to a foreign…

The Ministry of Justice has withdrawn an announcement that republicans are no longer liable for life imprisonment for their beliefs. It said that Section 3 of the Treason Felony Act 1848, which provides for that penalty for those who call for the abolition of monarchy, has not been repealed. Last week a footnote to a…

Following allegations that three legislators-for-life and one elected legislator had agreed to sell their services in the legislature to lobbyists, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maud has told the press that there will be legislation to allow electors to recall MPs in some cases of serious misbehaviour. Electors are already able to remove MPs at election…

An opinion poll of voters shows New Zealanders were unmoved by the Charles Windsor’s publicity tour in November, according to the New Zealand Republican Movement. His support did not rise above 51% and the number of voters who want a New Zealander as the next head of State has increased to 41% said Lewis Holden,…

BBC True to Nature The revelation that the BBC hid allegations that Jimmy Saville sexually abused children comes as no surprise to opponents of the state broadcaster. The BBC has for long been quick to draw attention to dubious behaviour by business and government, while its journalists have kept quiet about its own outrageous actions.…