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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... objective standards as was the Brit- ish Broadcasting Corporation , that the Lords and Commons enjoyed a harmonious consensus on governance , that the long age of Butskellism was about to dawn , that most of those who wished for work ...
... objective standards as was the Brit- ish Broadcasting Corporation , that the Lords and Commons enjoyed a harmonious consensus on governance , that the long age of Butskellism was about to dawn , that most of those who wished for work ...
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... objective open - minded reading of the past . But in Britain nothing that would compromise the magic of monarchy . - It isn't even necessary to assert the obvious here ; that without Oliver Cromwell there might well not have been a ...
... objective open - minded reading of the past . But in Britain nothing that would compromise the magic of monarchy . - It isn't even necessary to assert the obvious here ; that without Oliver Cromwell there might well not have been a ...
Síða 19
... objective public discussion of our own history . It tribalises politics . It entrenches the ab- surdity of the hereditary principle . It contributes to what sometimes looks like an enfeeblement of the national intelligence , drawing ...
... objective public discussion of our own history . It tribalises politics . It entrenches the ab- surdity of the hereditary principle . It contributes to what sometimes looks like an enfeeblement of the national intelligence , drawing ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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