News from the Centre for Citizenship
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Legislators Quit Rather Than Pay Tax Where They Legislate
Four legislators-for-life have quit the House of Lords because they do not want to pay taxes in the country where they have been making laws. The three Conservative and one Labour legislator had a choice between giving up their tax-exempt non-domiciled status or leaving the legislature. One was born in Hong Kong and had been…
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Bad Week for Windsors
The Windsor clan suffered two blows last week, suggesting that its hold on Britain may be weakening. On Friday a High Court judged said that the actions of Charles Windsor in blocking modern architecture for an upscale property development in London had been “unexpected and unwelcome”. The judge ruled in favour of a claim by…
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Canadians Have Had Enough of Monarchy
Recent news from Canada has also been bad for the family. Sixty-two per cent of Canadians want a democratic head of state in place of Britain’s feudal queen according to an opinion poll by IPSOS. Fifty-eight per cent believe their country should break all links with the British monarchy when Elizabeth Windsor leaves office. The…
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Prince Pissed in Emir’s Ear
The pomposity of the feudal British monarchy was hilariously pierced in a recent ourt hearing in London when evidence was presented that Charles Windsor, meeting with fellow feudal ruler the Emir of Qatar, “pissed in his ear about how awful” he thought plans for a major property development not far from the Windsor clan’s London…
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Windsor Charity Collapses
Charles Windsor’s charities have suffered another blow with the closing of his Foundation for Integrated Health following the arrest of a former employee in a fraud investigation. The Foundation was set up by Mr. Windsor to promote homeopathy. Using his official status as a “prince” the organisation was able to obtain both influence in the…
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Windsors: Tactical Retreat Shows Power
In a telling demonstration of how a feudal institution exercises and holds on to power in Britain the News of the World has reported that the Windsor family has decided that it is wise to reduce the number of the feudal family’s members supported financially by the people. The report says that the Windsors’ Way…
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BBC Claims Feudal Family Unifies
The BBC has revealed that it intends to continue its policy of discrimination against republicans. In a report to the BBC Trust the director-general says that the state media giant will spend more money on covering Windsor family funerals and weddings, which he described as “nationally unifying events”. The state broadcaster has for long treated…
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No Profit, No Church
Britain’s state church, which likes to lecture citizens on their moral failings and the evils of capitalism, walked away from a £40m property investment in New York City when the plan to profit from gentrification fell apart. The Church of England put £40m into a $5.4bn highly debt-leveraged deal to buy the Stuyvesant Town Peter…
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Windsors Hope William Will Save Them
William Windsor is being projected as the acceptable face of feudalism in a continuing effort to protect the Windsor family’s privileges. “Prince William determined to tackle republicanism in Australia” was how the monarchist Telegraph newspaper headlined a report on his visit to one of the former colonies that share Britain’s hereditary head of state. According…
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The Company We Keep
Britain’s feudal head of state Elizabeth Windsor is the 12th richest hereditary ruler in the world according to Forbes magazine. Windsor’s £349m net worth is exceeded by the so-called “royal” rulers of Thailand, the United Arab Emirates/Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Liechtenstein, Qatar, Morocco, Monaco, Oman Of the 14 countries with wealthy monarchs with which Britain…