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Only Subjects Fit for Bank of England

Canadian Mark Carney is eligible for consideration for the job of Governor of the Bank of England because he “is a subject of the Queen” according to one insider quoted in the Financial Times. “That is important” said the feudalist. The comment may suggest that republicans would be considered unfit for the job, as they are for many other public positions in Britain.

The feudalists' lack of respect for democratic principles was also reflected in a remark by a member of parliament's treasury committee. He said “Carney's not a foreigner – he's a Canadian.”

These comments make clear how deeply feudal attitudes are embedded in the British establishment. Canada has been independent since 1867. Even British citizens are not considered “subjects” in law and many reject any notion that they are in any sense the “subjects” of Liz Windsor and her infamous clan.

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Juan Carlos Borbón, head of the Spanish Borbón clan and known as the king of that country, has apologised to the people of Spain for his elephant-hunting trip to Africa. Mr. Borbón had been widely criticised for the visit after he had claimed that the hard times faced by the Spanish people were keeping him awake at night. The usual arrogance of so-called monarchs had to be held in check, however, when Borbón said “I'm very sorry and it won't happen again”.

Borbón denied that the holiday had cost the people anything. Apparently it was paid for a Syrian business person closely associated with the defence minister of Saudi Arabia. The minister was closely involved with the awarding the biggest ever overseas contract won by a Spanish company. It was for a train service between Mecca and Medina.

The British Windsor family is not known to have apologised to the British people for continuing to take many millions of pounds from their pockets every year to finance a way of life that exceeds that of the most avaricious bankers while taxes are raised, public services cut and salaries held down.

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Windsors Keep Theirs Under Wraps

Liz Windsor's astuteness in using public decorum as a device to protect her family’s extraordinary privileges has been put in relief by events in Spain.

Popular support for that country’s monarchy fell recently after the revelation that hereditary head of state Juan Carlos Borbón had been hunting elephants in Africa after claiming that high unemployment and his country’s severe economic problems were keeping him awake at night. The secret trip became public only when Borbón had to abandon the holiday for a flight home for emergency medical treatment.

The conservative El Mundo newspaper joined in criticism from across the political spectrum. “It was an irresponsible journey undertaken at the most inopportune moment,” it said. “The spectacle of the monarch hunting elephants in Africa sets a bad example when the economic crisis in our country is causing so many problems for Spaniards. It transmits an image of indifference and frivolity that a head of state ought never to give.”

In the UK Windsor and her family continue the arrogant indecency of taking many millions of pounds of public money each year for their own enjoyment while both private and public spending are held in check, without provoking much criticism. While Liz Windsor’s husband and children may behave badly, her decorous and prim persona seem to provide a safeguard against challenges to her family’s looting.

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Parliamentary Committee Supports Unelected Legislators

The writer of a popular TV soap would lose his seat if the people were allowed to elect the legislators in what is now called the House of Lords. That example of the horrible effects of democracy is taken from a Sunday Telegraph report on a new parliamentary committee’s report on reforming Parliament’s feudal chamber.

Apparently the committee wants the reformed chamber to have 450 legislators, 150 more than the government is proposing. But to prevent the loss of too many soap writers only 360 would represent the people. The main political parties and Church of England would get the other seats by right. How the committee would like these shared was not reported. But under the government's proposals the Anglican Party would have 12, down from its present 26. The other parties would keep the rest.

In addition to the clerical legislators the committee wants to tie the hands of the people again by requiring a minimum number of “youth peers”. The only concession towards democracy is a recommendation that there be a referendum before the move towards democratic legitimacy is made law.

The committee is chaired by a legislator-for-life and legislators-for-life have half the seats on the committee.

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The Washington Post has reported that censors in Thailand have banned a movie adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth because it “has content that causes divisiveness among the people of the nation.” According to the film's director the censors did not like anti-monarchy overtones or what they saw as political content. The newspaper said that the Thai state had become more hostile to republican opinion as its hereditary head of state aged and the need to find a successor came closer. 

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