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The New York Times has hired Mark Thompson, former Director General of the state-sponsored British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), as its Chief Executive Officer. The BBC run by Mr. Thompson is financed by a ban on British citizens watching any form of TV unless they pay the state broadcaster an annual fee for a licence to…

Discrimination in favour of those with religious beliefs is to increase if the British government has its way. It intends to legislate to allow prayers at local council meetings. This follows a judicial ruling that councils had no authority to organise such an activity. Britain already has a state church although a recent opinion poll…

Portia Simpson Miller, the new Prime Minister of Jamaica, has said that she intends to free her country from the British monarchy and make it a republic. Her People’s National Party has a two-thirds majority in Parliament but the people of Jamaica would be asked to vote for the change in a referendum. It is…

The riots that swept British towns in the second week of August probably did less harm to the economy than the Windsor-Middleton wedding spectacle earlier in the year according to the Financial Times. This was despite 10% of shops, restaurants, clubs and pubs being affected. The national shut-down for the feudal wedding closed many more…

Toronto, June 23, 2011 – A recent poll conducted by Toronto’s York University community newspaper, “Excalibur,” appears to dispute the view that the royal newlyweds are increasing support for the monarchy among Canadian youth. In response to the question – ‘Are you excited about the royal couple coming to Canada in July?’ only 5% of…

Following its success in the elections for the Scottish Parliament the Scottish National Party (SNP) is expected to follow up on its wish for that Parliament to take control of the Crown Estate in Scotland. The Estate consists of vast property holdings including the seabed around Britain. The Windsor family believe this is theirs by…

The Canadian Prime Minister’s Office confirmed yesterday that newlyweds William and Kate Middleton will visit Canada later this summer, and that the tour will be paid for with federal and provincial funds. Citizens for a Canadian Republic (CCR) continues to question why Canadian taxpayers should be on the hook to pay for visits by the…

The British government and the Windsor family have reached an agreement that the head of the hereditary head of state should always appear on British postage stamps. The law will be changed to require this. Monarchists had feared that if the Royal Mail is privatised and bought by a foreign company the practice of putting…

Four legislators-for-life have quit the House of Lords because they do not want to pay taxes in the country where they have been making laws. The three Conservative and one Labour legislator had a choice between giving up their tax-exempt non-domiciled status or leaving the legislature. One was born in Hong Kong and had been…

The BBC has revealed that it intends to continue its policy of discrimination against republicans. In a report to the BBC Trust the director-general says that the state media giant will spend more money on covering Windsor family funerals and weddings, which he described as “nationally unifying events”. The state broadcaster has for long treated…