BBC 5 Live debate about the monarchy: a transcript

The 17th November 2009 edition of the Richard Bacon Show on BBC Radio 5 Live was broadcast in a week in which there were reports that Labour candidate for Havering Council Peter White had posted comments on the Facebook page of Conservative MP Andrew Rodinsell, accusing the Queen of being a “parasite” and “vermin”. In [...]

We all agree: we cannot gamble away our future

The campaign for a democratic alternative to the monarchy is, by its very nature, always going to be adversarial.  So any chance to establish some common ground with those more accepting of an hereditary head of state is always welcome. BBC Northampton conducted a phone-in discussion recently on the future of the royal family.  Comments [...]

BBC Northamptonshire phone-in on the monarchy – a transcript

On 28th October BBC Northamptonshire broadcast a phone-in programme, hosted by Stuart Linnell, discussing the pros and cons of the monarchy. The programme went out between 13:00 and 14:00.   As well as calls, text messages and emails from the public, the programme featured contributions from a number of experts, including Michael Ellis (lawyer and [...]

Founder of “Plinthland” to appear on BBC Suffolk

Suffolk Coastal republican Pauline Godfrey from Aldeburgh will be appearing on BBC Radio Suffolk tomorrow (Thursday) between 3:15pm and 3:45pm as the “sofa guest” on the Lesley Dolphin Show. Pauline will be talking about her participation in Antony Gormley’s “One and Other” live artwork project in which members of the public were given the opportunity [...]