British republicanism
British republicanism is a movement to remove the monarchy, the remaining hereditary peers in the House of Lords and all forms of hereditary privilege. Most, though not all, British republicans support a fully elected second chamber, an elected head of state and a written constitution. Famous British Republicans include Tony Benn, and Lord Dormand of Easington.England was a republic, ruled successively by Oliver Cromwell and his son, Richard, for a few short years in the seventeenth century, after the English Revolution.
External Links
- Republic (http://www.republic.org.uk) (Britain's oldest republican group)
- Centre for Citizenship (http://www.centreforcitizenship.org)
- Yahoo Group for British Republicans (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BritishRepublic)
Grosvenor Green's apartment,
private hall, and in the drawing-room and the succession of chambers
architect to save space, and everything, to waste it by Mrs. Grosvenor
each room, and had folding-beds in the chambers, but there her
put a gimcrack so that you would knock it over if you did turn. The
several joint ballots for March and his wife to make sure that with the
large rings on a brass.html">brass rod; every shelf and dressing-case and mantel was
off, and behind these portieres swarmed more gimcracks. The front of the
the top was covered with vases, with dragon candlesticks and with Jap
etchings and the water colors. The floors were covered with filling, and
Turkish and Persian; the lounges and sofas had embroidered cushions
Arab scarfs were flung. There was a superabundance of clocks. China
andiron, and a brass peacock spread its tail before them inside a high
the other a wrought iron wood-basket. Some red Japanese bird-kites were
opened beneath the chandelier, and each globe had a shade of yellow silk.
March, when he had recovered his self-command a little in the presence of
Jamescracks, as if this was their full name.
The disrespect he was able to show the whole apartment by means of this
altogether too small; then he asked carelessly what the rent was.
"Two hundred and fifty."
The Marches gave a start, and looked at each other.
"Don't you think we could make it do?" she asked him, and he could.
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