Long to Reign Over Us?Fabian Society, 1996 - 25 pagini New Labour is in favour of reforming the House of Commons and the House of Lords, introducing Scottish and Welsh Parliaments, a Bill of Rights and a Freedom of Information Act. Yet it has so far remained silent on the future of the institution at the heart of Britain's constitution, the Monarchy. In this exciting new pamphlet, Paul Richards, a loyal monarchist, argues that if the Monarchy is to continue it must be reformed. -- Page 4 of cover. |
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... believe that the national control of public expenditure on the Monarchy is essential . " said the Conservative Bow Group in March 1968 . The guiding principles for financial reform must be simplicity , transparency and accountability ...
... believe that the national control of public expenditure on the Monarchy is essential . " said the Conservative Bow Group in March 1968 . The guiding principles for financial reform must be simplicity , transparency and accountability ...
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... believe that the institution enjoys ma- jority support and is relatively cheap to run , then a Royal Levy will be sup- ported . Similar systems work in Sweden , Germany and Norway to finance the state church through the Church Tax ...
... believe that the institution enjoys ma- jority support and is relatively cheap to run , then a Royal Levy will be sup- ported . Similar systems work in Sweden , Germany and Norway to finance the state church through the Church Tax ...
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... believe the Monarchy has a long - term future . Among those aged 18-24 a quarter think Britain would be better off without a Monarchy , and only a fifth say it would be worse off . If discussions on the Monarchy are confined to Hello ...
... believe the Monarchy has a long - term future . Among those aged 18-24 a quarter think Britain would be better off without a Monarchy , and only a fifth say it would be worse off . If discussions on the Monarchy are confined to Hello ...
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abolish the Monarchy Act of Settlement Antony Jay assent to bills awarded become Britain Britain's constitutional British Empire Medal British Monarchy Britons Buckingham Palace ceremonial Christopher Hitchens Church of England Civil List Civil Servants clear set Commonwealth conferring of Honours costs Crown debate democracy democratic Department of National Duchy of Lancaster election results established expenditure George government departments Head Honours system House of Commons House of Lords House of Windsor Jeremy Paxman Labour government Labour Party modernising the Monarchy Monarch as Supreme Monarchy's national anthem national census Number parlia parliamentary pass to Parliament pay tax Peter Hennessy political poll power to declare prerogative powers Prime Minister Prince Charles Queen Elizabeth republican revenues role of Monarch Royal Family Royal Levy social society song Speaker Stephen Haseler suggested Supreme Governor swear allegiance ten-yearly referendum throne tion Tony Benn unclear general election universal hallucination Wales Willie Hamilton written constitution