The MonarchyChatto & Windus, 1990 - 42 síður Part of a series, this book submits a proposal for the admission of republican principles into the national debate. The author examines the Royals as a national fetish that encourages servile but also snobbish attitudes. He calls for constitutional and political reform. |
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... Africa was still partitioned among the colonial powers , and the British authorities had just informed the UN that they did not see their way to abolishing flogging in the mandated territories . Not exactly the Kingdom of Heaven ...
... Africa was still partitioned among the colonial powers , and the British authorities had just informed the UN that they did not see their way to abolishing flogging in the mandated territories . Not exactly the Kingdom of Heaven ...
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... Africa and the ' New Commonwealth ' . Prince Charles elongates an already long face when afflicting himself and others with worry about the ecology , the inner cities and the eternal ' problems of youth ' . Rather like the defection of ...
... Africa and the ' New Commonwealth ' . Prince Charles elongates an already long face when afflicting himself and others with worry about the ecology , the inner cities and the eternal ' problems of youth ' . Rather like the defection of ...
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... Africa to cure , if the old history books are giving a true account . It is the sort of flirtation with idolatry that belongs to the early childhood of the human race . Except in our case , of course . It also has one unmistakeable ...
... Africa to cure , if the old history books are giving a true account . It is the sort of flirtation with idolatry that belongs to the early childhood of the human race . Except in our case , of course . It also has one unmistakeable ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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