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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... give a demotic and levelling flavour to their outlandish and usually ignored reservations , have foolishly stressed the large private holdings in land , property and specie which are enjoyed by the Crown and added to by the Civil List ...
... give a demotic and levelling flavour to their outlandish and usually ignored reservations , have foolishly stressed the large private holdings in land , property and specie which are enjoyed by the Crown and added to by the Civil List ...
Síða 11
... give pause to those who imagine that the monarchy and its functions are purely decorative and ceremonial . It could also give pause to those neo - monarchists who argue , oozing democratic precept from every pore , that the monarchy in ...
... give pause to those who imagine that the monarchy and its functions are purely decorative and ceremonial . It could also give pause to those neo - monarchists who argue , oozing democratic precept from every pore , that the monarchy in ...
Síða 15
... give an appearance of grandeur to mere efficiency , and to distract attention from the many lapses to which mere efficiency is prone . He might as well have come right out with it and recommended monarchy as the opiate of the people ...
... give an appearance of grandeur to mere efficiency , and to distract attention from the many lapses to which mere efficiency is prone . He might as well have come right out with it and recommended monarchy as the opiate of the people ...
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