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  • 17 Feb 2012
    Royal jubilee celebrations trigger republican protests

    The pro-democracy group Republic has begun a series of nonviolent protests in reaction to the build-up of preparations to the royal jubilee in June.

  • 29 Apr 2011
    Republicans welcome support as police criticised over royal wedding arrests

    British republicans have welcomed a high turnout today at 'not the royal wedding' events in various parts of Britain.

  • 29 Apr 2011
    Kate and William are our equals

    BBC Radio 4, so often a voice of intelligence and relative impartiality, began the news this morning (29 April) with the extreme bias and simpering tones they reserve for reports on the Windsor family. It was announced that Kate Middleton would be "transformed" from a "commoner" into "Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge".

  • 28 Apr 2011
    Civil liberties fears as campaigners arrested ahead of royal wedding

    Fears have been raised over civil liberties after raids on centres associated with activism and the apparently random arrest of people with radical lifestyles.

  • 23 Nov 2010
    Unanswered questions over Pete Broadbent

    The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, has suspended ("withdrawn from public ministry" in church speak) the Bishop of Willesden, Pete Broadbent, over remarks he made on Facebook about the engagement of Kate Middleton and William Windsor. Whatever view you or I take of the monarchy, the Church of England or the opinions of Pete Broadbent, this news raises some worrying questions.

  • 21 Nov 2010
    The subversive feast of Christ the King

    Today is the Feast of Christ the King. After days of wall-to-wall media coverage about royalty, churches across Britain have today celebrated Jesus Christ as the true king. This is a truly subversive claim.

  • 17 Nov 2010
    News you may have missed

    Since yesterday morning, the media have been preoccupied with one particular family event. So in case you haven't been able to hear anything else, here is some news from yesterday which you may have missed.

  • 16 Nov 2010
    Gay couple refused right to marry as royal engagement announced

    As news of a royal engagement was announced, a gay couple were refused permission to marry after they declined the option of a civil partnership.

  • 16 Nov 2010
    Government urged not to spend taxpayers' money on royal wedding

    The government has been urged not to subsidise a royal wedding with taxpayers' money at a time of economic problems and severe cuts.

  • 5 Mar 2010
    Monarchists are missing the point

    Supporters of the monarchy seek to persuade us of the Windsor family's virtues, missing the point that monarchy is about appointing the next person in line - whether or not he or she is any good at the job. Monarchy celebrates inequality not as an injustice to be tackled but as something natural and irremovable.