News from the Centre for Citizenship
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No Getting Rid of Legislators-for-Life
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…
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FT Lives in Feudal Times
The Financial Times has repeated its claim that the Crown Estate belongs to queen Liz Windsor, the hereditary head of state. In a report on a deal with a Canadian pension fund property correspondent Ed Hammond referred to the Estate as “the queen’s property company.” In fact the Crown Estate is effectively a government department…
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Spanish “Princess” In Fraud Investigation
A Spanish judge has asked for informtion from tax authorities as part of an enquiry into Cristina Federica de Borbón y Grecia and what the Financial Times described as “possible tax fraud and money laundering”. She is the youngest dauthter of the Spanish monarch and considered a “princess” by feudalists. This is the latest scandal…
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Feudal Celebration Left Britain Poorer
Britons Paid For Windsor Jubilee The cost to Britain of the 2012 two-day celebration of Liz Windsor’s 60 years as head of state was between 0.3 and 0.4 per cent of GDP according to the Office of National Statistics. An extra public holiday was declared to allow monarchists to show their support for the feudal…
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It’s A Family Affair
Windsor Prepare to Pass on Public Office The Windsor family is preparing for a new head of state for Britain according to news media reports. The current hereditary head of state, Liz Windsor, has started to hand over some of her limited workload to her son Charlie. However, the reports say that she intends to…
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BBC Gives Up Pretence
The BBC has given up all pretence of political impartiality and has made itself a definite part of the systematic state discrimination against republicans in Britain in again celebrating the feudal institution of monarchy. The state-sponsored broadcaster has announced a “celebration season” to mark the sixty years in which Liz Windsor has been Britain’s unchallengeable…
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Republicans Arrested
Republicans protesting against the feudal institution of monarchy were arrested during celebrations for the Netherlands’ new hereditary head of state today. Following the arrests that ended the protests both the Dutch police and William-Alexander Orange Nassau, the new “king” of the Dutch, conveniently apologised for the suppression of free speech
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Spanish Demonstrate to Restore Republic
Thousands of Spanish people joined a mass demonstration on 14 April calling for their country to become a republic again. Spain was last proclaimed a republic in 1931. But when dictator Franco gave up power as head of state in 1975 he transferred it to the current “king” of Spain. The so called “royal” family…
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Police Ban Free Speech
The Metropolitan Police has said that it will not allow free speech during the funeral procession for former Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher. People wearing t-shirts with a message critical of Thatcher will be arrested, the London police force has announced. The Metropolitan Police used similarly partisan tactics in support of monarchy…
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Monarch’s Daughter To Be Questioned On Fraud
The daughter of the Spanish monarch has been named by a judge as a suspect in a fraud investigation. Christina de Borbon is to be questioned on 27 April as a part of an investigation into alleged embezzlement of public funds by her husband. This is the first time such a thing has happened to…