The Centre for Citizenship

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  • “Greedy” BBC Enforcers Exposed.

    Statements Taken Without Caution An undercover investigation has confirmed that enforcers for the monarchist British Broadcasting Corporation can earn bonuses of £15,000 a year when they collect the TV licence fee from more than 28 unlicensed people a week. A Daily Mail reporter posing as a candidate for an enforcement job was told by a…

  • Supreme Court Rules For Preventative Arrest, Against Free Speech

    Five so-called “lords” in Britain’s supreme court have ruled that the police may hold a citizen in preventative detention for as long as 5 ½ hours in order to prevent the exercise of free speech if that free speech might anger someone of a different opinion. The case arose from the arrests of a number…

  • School Boys Were Beaten – State Church Chief Apologises

    Justin Welby, head of the British state church, has apologised unreservedly for abuse by a former colleague that was unreported for thirty years. The apology was in response to allegations by Channel 4 News that John Smyth had beaten 22 private-school boys who had attended summer camps intended to persuade them of the merits of…

  • Trump, a Queen, and a President

    Michael D Higgins is a non-executive head of state chosen by the people of Ireland. Elizabeth Windsor is a non-executive head of state imposed on the people of the UK. President Higgins worked hard to obtain distinction as a student and academic. He was elected to the Irish parliament and served in government before being…

  • Monarchists Divide Opposition to Trump Visit

    Opposition to Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain has been undermined by the pro-monarchy phrasing of the petition to Parliament. The petition says that the proposed visit should be cancelled because “it would cause embarrassment to” queen Windsor. That seems very unlikely as Britain’s hereditary head of state has entertained the likes of Robert Mugabe…

  • Theresa May Attacks US on Israel. But Benefits from Religious Privilege at Home.

    British Prime Minister Theresa May has, as reported by the New York Times, “scolded (US) Secretary of State John Kerry for his speech criticising Israel”. May’s criticism was of Kerry’s comments on the “composition of the democratically elected government of an ally” rather than of his criticism of the policies of the government of Israel.…

  • BBC Journalist Who Resisted Pumping Up Windsor Birth Wins Unfair Dismissal Claim

    Former BBC producer Chandana Keerthi Bandara has won an employment tribunal case for unfair dismissal against the state-sponsored media giant. In July 2013 the BBC Sri Lanka news service journalist decided that news of the birth of a new member of the British Windsor clan should not have priority in news broadcasts. The birth clashed…

  • Tory Two Plus Windsor One Gift £369m to Windsors

    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…

  • Queen Windsor Manoeuvres to Keep Top Job in Family

    Elizabeth Windsor, the UK’s feudal head of state, has been making behind-the-scenes moves to have her position as head of the British Commonwealth automatically transferred to her son Charles on her death. Mr Windsor is widely regarded as eccentric and lacking in talent. The “British Commonwealth” is a group of mostly former British Empire colonies.…

  • Tories Want £120m Yacht for Windsors

    According to the monarchist Telegraph newspaper about 100 Conservative Party legislators, about a third of Conservative MPs, believe that £120m should be spent to buy a new yacht for the Windsor family. Some of the money would be taken from the overseas aid budget. The newspaper quoted former defence minister Gerald Howarth as asking why…