News from the Centre for Citizenship

Thai Monarchists Support “People’s Council” The lie that monarchy is a stabilising institution that unites a nation is taking a battering in Thailand. Violent disorder in the streets is continuing as the opposition tries to overthrow the democratically elected government. The opposition includes what the Financial Times terms “the old royalist establishment”. Opposition protesters have…

Windsor Ploy Backfires Another Windsor attempt to create justification for their egregiously unwarranted privileges has brought more criticism than praise. The criticism followed a dinner for clients and associates of JP Morgan in the Windsors’ main London palace. This was soon after Jamie Dimon, who attended the dinner and heads the bank, had agreed to…

Fight for Democratic Rights Boosted Quentin Bryce the Governor-General of Australia has spoken in favour of that country becoming a republic. While giving a lecture in Sydney Ms. Bryce said she hoped that “one day one young girl or boy may even grow up to be our nation’s first head of state.” A Commonwealth governor-general…

News media reports of proposed £100,000 payouts by construction companies to victims of the Consulting Association’s database of supposedly subversive workers have drawn attention to another example of the BBC’s failure to be politically neutral. The Consulting Association was set up following the closing of the Economic League and took over its role in fighting…

There are encouraging signs that New Zealand may be on the way to freeing itself from the grasp of the Windsor clan and recognising the sovereignty of the people. The New Zealand Labour Party voted last weekend for a referendum when Liz Windsor dies which would allow citizens to decide that their country should be…

Want Female Windsors to Have Share The Parliamentary Accounts Committee wants to end discrimination against female members of the Windsor clan. It says that if one becomes first in line to be Britain’s head of state, she should be able to pocket annual income of as much as £18m from the Duchy of Cornwall. That…

Will Not Support Sri Lanka Boycott Prime Minister David Cameron will be going to the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka to back a Windsor family lobbying effort despite calls for him to join a boycott of the summit host country. The summit will be the first attended by Charles Windsor in place of his mother…

The enduring power of feudalism has been brought to attention by the passing on 12 October of a deadline for the registration of ancient property rights. These are rights previously held by the “lord of the manor”. They do not appear in title deeds and were often unknown to property purchasers. They include the right…

In a particularly unpleasant demonstration of the British difficulty with democracy the Daily Mail newspaper has identified republican beliefs as evidence of hatred of Britain. An article by Geoffrey Levy, seemingly intended to undermine Labour Party leader Ed Miliband by attacking his father Ralph, accused the senior Miliband of hating Britain. It cited his “hatred”…

The unfortunate effect that monarchy can have on normally sensible people and institutions was illustrated this week by a Financial Times story. The newspaper’s correspondent reported on the decision of the Netherlands government to significantly reduce that country’s “welfare state”. The report was headlined “King’s speech to parliament heralds end of Dutch welfare state”. Although…