News from the Centre for Citizenship
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Abbott Brings Back Feudal Titles
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.…
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Defeat for Monarchist Cover-Up
Court Quashes “Unlawful” Attempt to Fool British People The Appeal Court has quashed as unlawful a government attempt at an extraordinarily blatant attempt to fool the British people. The government has responded to the court ruling by stating that it will ask the Supreme Court to uphold its wish to pull wool over our eyes.…
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Lipstick on the Pig
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…
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Fooling the People As Much As You Can
Government Lawyers Ask Appeal Court to Hush Up Windsor Letters Scandal It may not be possible to fool all of the people all of the time. But the British government thinks it can fool most of the people for much of the time. In an unusually frank attempt to do so government lawyers told the…
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Government Hush Up to Protect Monarchy
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…
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Day of Anguish and Humiliation for Bourbons
The Spanish Bourbon family had a “day of anguish and humiliation” when the daughter of Spain’s king was questioned in court last Friday, according to the Financial Times. The Bourbons were once considered untouchable. But Christina Bourbon is now a suspect in a case of alleged embezzlement of public funds by her husband. The privileges…
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Bourbon Revelations Show Extent of Windsor Trick
Spanish Family Paid Less Than Bankers The extraordinary financial support given to Britain’s Windsor family has been given new emphasis by the publication of figures for the income of the Spanish Bourbons. The Spanish family has felt obliged to be more open in order to counter falling support for its privileges Carlos Bourbon takes a…
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Republicans Undaunted By Poor Poll Result
Change in Monarch May Change Views Australian republicans are reported to be unsurprised by a recent poll that shows support for Britain’s feudal family at just over two percentage points above support for an Australian republic. Former deputy PM Wayne Swan said that that poll should inspire republicans to “redouble efforts”. Geoff Gallop, who chairs…
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Most Aussies Reject Windsor
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…
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Public Accounts Committee Report on Sovereign Grant
Criticises Windsors But Fails the People The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has gently criticised queen Windsor for spending above her income from the “sovereign grant” and for neglect of the public properties in which she lives. But it has failed the people of Britain by ignoring the burden her family places on both the rights…