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A brief history of Britain's republican minority
The pageantry of the next royal wedding will contrast heavily with austerity Britain, writes KEITH FLETT
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New workplace rights are welcome, but the survival of the trade union movement will be determined not in Westminster but in workplaces across the country, argues JOHN CARSON
Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
THE left, being supportive of democracy and elections, has never been enthusiastic for unelected rulers, particularly, as many have done historically, when they have claimed a “divine right” to rule.
Yet in Britain, republicanism — the idea that there should be an elected head of state — has been a minority trend if one is to compare it, for example, to French republicanism which had a revolution in 1789 to remove the king permanently.
It’s true of course that on January 30 1649 King Charles I lost his head in Whitehall, and a Commonwealth was in place until 1660. At that date the monarchy was restored, although the events of 1649 have had a place in radical history and thought to this day.
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