Comment & Analysis

It is often said that we should keep the monarchy because it is a great British tradition. This argument is misleading for two reasons.

One of the allegations from the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary on Monday was that William was doing very little training in the armed forces and Harry was being kept well away from any possible danger. [read more]

The monarchy is a truly grubby institution. We are often told that a republic would mean more ’self serving’ politicians. Well, after tonight’s Dispatches, it is hard to think of anyone more self serving than [read more]

William does “almost nothing” and Andrew uses helicopters like taxis. These are just two of the claims made by a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary, to be screened tonight.

Republic provided advice and [read more]

Did you know that if you die without a will there’s a chance your property will end up in the hands of Prince Charles?

In Britain everything must be owned by someone – that’s the law. [read more]

I’m off to give a talk to a local British Humanist Association group this evening.

It made me think about the common ground republicans share with other campaigns and philosophies and whether republicanism is a [read more]

I was delighted to read the following quote from Delia Smith in The Times this week:

I’m not anti the Queen. But monarchy in general, I can’t see the point. Because I believe everybody is [read more]