News http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/news/ From feudalism to democracy en-us 2013-05-18T08:55:39+00:00 Feudal Celebration Left Britain Poorer http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000410.html Britons Paid For Windsor Jubilee The cost to Britain of the 2012 two-day celebration of Liz Windsor's 60 years as head of state was between 0.3 and 0.4 per cent of GDP according to the Office of National Statistics. An... Centre for Citizenship 2013-05-18T08:55:39+00:00 It's A Family Affair http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000409.html Windsor Prepare to Pass on Public Office The Windsor family is preparing for a new head of state for Britain according to news media reports. The current hereditary head of state, Liz Windsor, has started to hand over some of... Centre for Citizenship 2013-05-09T08:10:13+00:00 BBC Gives Up Pretence http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000408.html The BBC has given up all pretence of political impartiality and has made itself a definite part of the systematic state discrimination against republicans in Britain in again celebrating the feudal institution of monarchy. The state-sponsored broadcaster has announced a... Centre for Citizenship 2013-05-04T19:37:30+00:00 Republicans Arrested http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000407.html Republicans protesting against the feudal institution of monarchy were arrested during celebrations for the Netherlands' new hereditary head of state today. Following the arrests that ended the protests both the Dutch police and William-Alexander Orange Nassau, the new “king” of... Centre for Citizenship 2013-04-30T22:24:38+00:00 Spanish Demonstrate to Restore Republic http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000406.html Thousands of Spanish people joined a mass demonstration on 14 April calling for their country to become a republic again. Spain was last proclaimed a republic in 1931. But when dictator Franco gave up power as head of state... Centre for Citizenship 2013-04-16T09:12:45+00:00 Police Ban Free Speech http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000405.html The Metropolitan Police has said that it will not allow free speech during the funeral procession for former Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher. People wearing t-shirts with a message critical of Thatcher will be arrested, the... Centre for Citizenship 2013-04-16T08:59:43+00:00 Monarch's Daughter To Be Questioned On Fraud http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000404.html The daughter of the Spanish monarch has been named by a judge as a suspect in a fraud investigation. Christina de Borbon is to be questioned on 27 April as a part of an investigation into alleged embezzlement of public... Centre for Citizenship 2013-04-05T09:47:04+00:00 Windsors Get £6m Pay Rise http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000403.html Crown Estate Grab Pays Off The Windsor clan is to get an extra £6m in spending money from the British people in 2013-14. This is the first payback from a long Windsor effort to win control of the Crown Estate,... Centre for Citizenship 2013-04-03T14:01:04+00:00 Spanish Royal Suspected of Too Much Theft http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000402.html 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... Centre for Citizenship 2013-04-03T12:41:23+00:00 Crown Estate Owns Part of Ireland http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000401.html Royal Interference in Irish Affair Donegal County Council in Ireland wants to build a sewage plant on the shore of Lough Foyle, which is located between the UK's Northern Ireland to the east and south, and Ireland to the west... Centre for Citizenship 2013-04-02T09:46:46+00:00 Britain Shamed - Legislator Elected – By Legislators http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000400.html Former banker Matt Ridley has become the newest member of Britain’s parliament in a bizarre and shameful process possible only in Britain’s feudal system. Mr Ridley was elected to fill a vacant seat by the Conservative caucus amongst the 92... Centre for Citizenship 2013-02-09T09:03:54+00:00 Hello to the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss! http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000399.html Beatrix Armgard has decided that the Netherlands should have a new head of state. It will be her son. The people of that country have no say in this. Armgard's son will take her place after she has held... Centre for Citizenship 2013-02-02T12:26:33+00:00 New Zealand Majority Reject Charlie Windsor http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000398.html Only one-third of New Zealanders want Charles Windsor to become their head of state on the death of his mother, according to an opinion poll in the Herald on Sunday. But under the feudal system New Zealand shares with Britain,... Centre for Citizenship 2013-01-27T09:36:11+00:00 Ten Years in Prison for Telling Truth About Monarchy http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000397.html A ten-year prison sentence imposed on a Thai journalist accused of insulting his country’s “royal” family is another demonstration of the viciousness of monarchy and a blow to the claim of monarchists that their feudal institution is compatible with... Centre for Citizenship 2013-01-26T12:36:22+00:00 Bourbon Battles for Privileges http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/weblogs/archives/000396.html The number of Spaniards with good or very good opinion of their country’s “king”, Juan Carlos Bourbon, has fallen from 72% to 50% according to a poll by the El Mundo newspaper. The percentage wanting to abolish the feudal... Centre for Citizenship 2013-01-06T09:24:12+00:00