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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Síða 8
... better part of four dollars , that The Times newspaper was The Times newspaper , that the four provinces of the United Kingdom were untroubled by thoughts of schism , that the Metropolitan Police were thought to be incorruptible , that ...
... better part of four dollars , that The Times newspaper was The Times newspaper , that the four provinces of the United Kingdom were untroubled by thoughts of schism , that the Metropolitan Police were thought to be incorruptible , that ...
Síða 37
... better poetry than the Laureate Alfred Austin , say , whose immortal lines : Over the wires the electric message came He is no better , he is much the same were written for the outpouring of sickly national concern that 37.
... better poetry than the Laureate Alfred Austin , say , whose immortal lines : Over the wires the electric message came He is no better , he is much the same were written for the outpouring of sickly national concern that 37.
Síða 39
... better that the worshipped ones do not occupy any positions of political power . We had another chance to contem- plate the alternative as recently as 1989 , when the Emperor Hirohito finally expired . It was generally if rather ...
... better that the worshipped ones do not occupy any positions of political power . We had another chance to contem- plate the alternative as recently as 1989 , when the Emperor Hirohito finally expired . It was generally if rather ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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