The Canadians can teach Britain something about Freedom of Information

Canadians woke up yesterday to discover just how much Prince Charles’ recent 11-day visit had cost them: $2.57 million (approx. £1.47 million).  Call it £100 a minute.  This astonishing figure included: cost of hotel rooms: $138,000 (£79,000); communications and media staff: $320,000 (£183,000); staff costs for the ‘royal visit team’: $630,000 (£361,000); constructing a website [...]

CBC documentary will not be kind to the royal family

Will Prince Charles,  the controversial successor to Queen Elizabeth II, spell the end of Britain’s thousand-year monarchy?  Most people seem to think so, according to John Curtin’s documentary “After Elizabeth II” which is being screened this evening by Canadian broadcaster CBC.  If the preview clip is anything to go by, the royal family will find [...]

Republic Tuesday: our weekly online news round-up

Welcome to another of our regular weekly round-ups of news and opinion on matters of constitutional and electoral reform from across the web. Blowing our own trumpet: Our contribution to the POWER2010 website resulted in the issue of constitutional reform and a democratically elected head of state making it to “Idea of the day”.  The [...]