News from the Centre for Citizenship

The fraud of the British idea of the “rights” of the people has been exposed by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. If the Bill becomes law a government minister will be able to change existing laws without the consent of the legislature as long as this “does not prevent any person from continuing to…

Prime Minister Tony Blair may no longer be opposed to the election of the legislators who sit in the House of Lords. According to newspaper reports Mr. Blair has come to the conclusion that the appointment of legislators by political parties instead of the people is hard to justify in the 21st century. The Prime…

Members of the New South Wales parliament in Australia have voted to abolish the feudal oath of loyalty to the Windsor family, from which the Australian head of state is still appointed. Instead legislators will pledge their loyalty to Australia and the people of New South Wales. In Britain legislators who will not pledge allegiance…

According to an opinion poll conducted in January, 52 per cent of Australians want their country to become a republic if Charlie Windsor replaces his mother as hereditary head of state. At present only 34 per cent favour a republic. Twenty nine per cent of those polled were prepared to allow Mr. Windsor to take…

Federal employees in Canada are to be freed from the requirement that they swear an oath of loyalty to “queen” Windsor. The Public Service Modernisation Act will remove the offensive requirement from Canadian law from 1 January 2006. In a doubly bizarre arrangement Canada has a British so-called “queen” as its head of state. Republicans…

Animal Defenders International has won a court hearing on its claim that the 2003 Communications Act ban on political adverts on TV and radio breaches human rights. The case will not be heard until 2006. The Communications Act is enforced by the Office of Communications (OFCOM). This “regulator” also also attacks free speech by trying…

The Barbadian senate has passed the Referendum Bill, which provides for a referendum on whether the Caribbean nation should become a republic. The date of the referendum has not been decided. If voters agree the British Liz Windsor will be replaced as head of state by a citizen of Barbados. Barbados became independent of Britain…

The legislators-for-life in the House of Lords may be able to veto democratic reform if government fears prove correct. These fears are based on comments by the Court of Appeal that the Parliament Act should not be used to make major constitutional changes. Since 1911 the Act has allowed the House of Commons to eventually…