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Rob Lyons
We need a people’s veto of these archaic powers
It’s been revealed that the queen is often given the chance to veto new laws. It's time to make her and monarchism redundant.
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| Monday 7 January 2013 |
Tim Black
Why the prince *hearts* environmentalists
In eco-activism, Charles has found a cause every bit as reactionary and anti-modern as the monarchy itself.
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| Thursday 20 September 2012 |
Tim Black
Capturing the moment the royals became slebs
Those grainy pics of a naked Kate Middleton tell a striking story about the celebrification of the Windsors.
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| Friday 1 June 2012 |
Mick Hume
It’s not 1977
all over again
Behind the Diamond Jubilee hoopla, both the British monarchy and ‘punk’ anti-monarchism are shadows of their former selves.
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| Friday 1 June 2012 |
Tim Black
A Paine in the arse of monarchism
We republicans should emulate Tom Paine by fighting for freedom rather than sneering at flag-wavers.
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| Friday 1 June 2012 |
Brendan O’Neill
Abolish the monarchy, but enjoy the party!
It is entirely possible to be both a republican and an indulger in this long, lazy weekend with cake.
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| Monday 6 February 2012 |
Mick Hume
No Jubilee for republicans
– or royalists
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee throws the spotlight on royalty that is not very regal, and critics who are not really republican.
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| Wednesday 2 November 2011 |
Tim Black
We need elected members, not the Wingnut of Windsor
The revelation that Prince Charles has the power to veto legislation is shocking, but UK democracy in general has fallen into disrepute.
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| Tuesday 17 May 2011 |
Jason Walsh
Ireland needs freedom — but not from Britain
The British queen’s visit has attracted little opposition because Ireland’s new oppressors reside in Brussels, not London.
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| Tuesday 3 May 2011 |
Brendan O’Neill
Royal wedding: why hate Will’n’Kate?
Friday’s shindig revealed the extent to which the isolated monarchy has thrown its lot in with celebrity culture.
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| Tuesday 26 April 2011 |
Frank Furedi
The culture war behind the Will’n’Kate debate
The wedding has exposed big fault lines within the British elite, with defensive monarchists on one side and snobbish cynics on the other.
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| Tuesday 26 April 2011 |
Mick Hume
It’s not 1981 all over again
There might be more cynicism about this royal wedding than Charles and Diana’s – but what’s good about that?
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| Tuesday 26 April 2011 |
Patrick Hayes
‘I haven’t heard of any parties being planned’
Patrick Hayes talks to residents of one London borough on why they won’t be getting the bunting out on Friday.
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| Thursday 16 December 2010 |
Frank Furedi
Hating Wills’n’Kate: the new conformism
The smart set’s disdain for the royal engagement is driven less by republicanism than by a desire to prove their superiority to the masses.
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| Tuesday 13 July 2010 |
Emily Hill
It’s time to cut this purposeless prince
While the UK tightens its collective belt, why must we put up with Charles, a useless, unelected feudal throwback?
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| Thursday 3 June 2010 |
Rob Lyons
We should cut off more than their handouts
The monarchy should be abolished not because it costs a lot, but because it is a spent, Middle-Ages, anti-democratic institution.
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| Tuesday 5 January 2010 |
David Bowden
‘Some people want to see me beheaded’
Comedian and radio presenter Tom Binns tells spiked how he was sacked for the crime of ‘insulting the monarch’.
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| Monday 30 November 2009 |
Tim Black
Don’t tinker with the monarchy. Abolish it
Gordon Brown is madder than Richard III if he thinks an institution as undemocratic and unequal as the monarchy can be made ‘more fair’.
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| Friday 27 November 2009 |
Brendan O’Neill
The barriers to a Republic of Britain
In this piece for a new collection of essays commemorating the death of Thomas Paine, Brendan O’Neill says republicans face two problems today: the elite’s continuing distrust of the electorate, and the electorate’s distrust of itself.
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| Tuesday 20 October 2009 |
Tim Black
Off with their head of state
New Labour’s craven justification for maintaining the Royal Prerogative shows that today’s political class doesn’t trust the people – or itself.
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