News from the Centre for Citizenship
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Spanish Royal Suspected of Too Much Theft
Monarchy is all about family. One family is considered by the state to be superior to others. So the head of state can come only from that family. The people are allowed no say. And family members are granted extraordinary privileges, particularly that of picking the pockets of the people they are deemed superior to.…
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Australians To Ramp Up Republic Campaign
Not Right To Wait For Windsor Death David Morris, new leader of the Australian Republican Movement, has promised to use the Windsor “jubilee” to ramp up the fight to free his country of the feudal institution of monarchy. He disagreed with the Australian prime minister’s statement that the death of Elizabeth Windsor would be the…
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BBC Allows Token Republican Interview
Queen Not Untouchable Says Republic Leader The BBC has broadcast a seven minute interview with Graham Smith, Chief Executive of Republic, the anti-monarchy group and MP Paul Flynn. This followed Republic’s campaign for fair treatment after years of anti-republican bias by the state broadcaster. It had accused the Corporation of “fawning” coverage of this year’s…
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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…