News from the Centre for Citizenship
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Emails Expose BBC Propaganda Plan
The BBC’s monarchist bias has been confirmed by emails leaked to the Republic group. They show how the state broadcaster planned to exclude any criticism of Britain’s hereditary head of state Elizabeth Windsor from a documentary it commissioned to celebrate Windsor’s sixty years in office Emma Findlay, a producer working on a documentary, wrote to…
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BBC Denies Anti-Republic Bias
The BBC has turned down an an appeal against its rejection of a complaint that it has again shown bias against republicans. The biased report was on the acquittal of Colin Duffy on charges of killing British soldiers. The state broadcaster referred to Duffy, without qualification, as a “leading republican”. Duffy is, in fact, little…
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State Church Declines | Hedge Fund Investments Grow
On average only about 1.5% of the population attended a Church of England church on Sundays in 2010 according to figures released by the state institution. This was a 2% fall from 2009. Over the week as a whole 1.8% attended one of its churches. The National Secular Society estimates that the Anglican Church has…
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British Church and State to Become Even Less Separate
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…
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Feudal Class System Embarrasses Britain
The ridiculous class system that results from Britain’s reluctance to give up feudal practices has been causing an unusual fuss following the reduction of former banker Fred Goodwin from “knight” to knave because he “brought the honours system into disrepute”. Goodwin was made a “knight” by his queen for services to banking. The feudal “honour”…
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Children Used To Bolster Feudalism
Monarchists Tell The Old Lie Monarchists are trying their old tick, claiming that support for their feudal institution is not political. With this lie they are defending the government’s decision to involve school children in their “jubilee” celebration this year of another 60 years in which the majority of Britons have been denied the right…
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BBC Smears Republicans – Again
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has once again smeared republicans, linking them to a murder trial in Northern Ireland. The state broadcaster described Colin Duffy, who was acquitted of killing British soldiers, as a “prominent republican”. This was in contrast to the Washington Post. Reporting the same story the American newspaper took the trouble to…
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Government Minister Proposes £60m Gift to Windsors
“Austere Times” Justification If anyone doubted that monarchists have no sense of shame, a minister in the coalition government has put them straight. Education Secretary Michael Grove has proposed that £60m should be taken from the people of Britain and given to the Windsor clan, in the form of an ocean-going yacht. In a time…
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Prime Minister Intends to Free Jamaica From Monarchy
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…
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Spanish Monarchy Hit By Corruption Scandal
Inaki Urdangarin, a Spanish “duke” and husband of the Bourbon “king” of Spain’s daughter, has been summoned by the Balearic Islands High Court on charges of “diverting taxpayers’ money, fraud and falsification of documents” according to the Financial Times. A non-profit he headed is alleged to have misused over £5m of payments by two regional…