The «no» campaign was mostly composed
of monarchists, as you'd expect.
It's almost a month away from the Duchess of Cambridge having her forthcoming child signed, sealed, and delivered to the fawning masses
of monarchists.
He makes this assertion to justify the power structure
of a monarchist commonwealth, and he bases this conclusion on a contract he believes arises when a nation chooses to be governed instead of remaining in a state of anarchy he calls the state of nature.
Not exact matches
He also considers the more familiar names — reactionaries such as Joseph de Maistre and Louis de Bonald, eminent
monarchists such as... Malesherbes and... Chateaubriand, as well as the stalwarts
of nineteenth - century French liberalism Benjamin Constant and François Guizot.
Consequently, it was the
monarchists — not the radicals and not the outraged husbands
of the countless women he seduced — who organized the sensational murder that has fascinated readers ever since.
Tolkien was an unapologetic
monarchist as well, believing that hierarchical distinctions are necessary for the flourishing
of any polity, whether academic or ecclesial or governmental.
He has the further ability to enter the hearts
of nearly everyone: «
Monarchists» read him their way; «Papists,» theirs.
And then there are the «uninteresting» poor, people who obviously are not worth troubling about: the Biafrans, massacred by the federal troops
of Nigeria; the
monarchist Yemenites, burned by napalm and bombed into obliteration by the Egyptian air force from 1964 to 1967; the South Sudanese, destroyed en masse by the North Sudanese; the Tibetans, oppressed and deported by China; the Khurds, perhaps 500,000
of whom were massacred in Irak and Iran between 1955 and today.
As subsequent Dominican and Franciscan theologians joined the inquisition, so their theologies became sacralist legitimations
of papal and
monarchist power politics to shore up a decadent Christendom, portraying God as the all powerful monarch
of the universe.
Tell that to Attlee who was a staunch
monarchist and supporter
of the House
of Lords.
In practice, they end up becoming allies for the most conservative forces in this debate: what I call the «Ming Vase»
monarchists: those ardent supporters
of the monarchy whose belief in it turns out to be so fragile that they believe small and sensible reforms will shatter it.
(Similarly, some will never be
Monarchists, but we are all citizens within and or subects
of a constitutional monarchy until there is sufficient public consensus to change that.
Salmond, born - again
monarchist, has shot that fox, because the Queen is part
of the independence package — so long as she doesn't mind being called Elizabeth I during her Balmoral summers.
It's very hard to define «Right Wing» today, especially since most people referred to as «Right Wing» today not only have nothing in common with the historical origin
of the term (French
Monarchists after French Revolution), but don't have much common politically with each other aside from opposing some or all
of the policies labeled «Left Wing», and even that for a wide variety
of reasons.
A witty example in the «Politics and Public Space» room is a dark, solemn portrait
of Oliver Cromwell hung upside down by the
monarchist Prince Frederick Duleep Singh in his collection in Norfolk.
In passing, an interesting factoid is that claims that the nazis introduced social welfare completely ignore that the statesman and
monarchist Otto von Bismarck (1871 - 1890) had created the paternal welfare state in co-opting the programs
of the liberals and socialists he opposed.
Monarchists are slightly more likely to be Leave voters, with those who cast a ballot in 2016 splitting 56 % / 44 % in favour
of Brexit, while those oppose Britain having a Royal family voted 65 % / 35 % in favour
of Remain.
1923 saw the establishment
of General Primo de Rivera dictator
of Spain with Alfonzo XIII as King a
monarchist.
Stuart Heritage: It was a shoo - in for a bunch
of Oscars, pleased
monarchists and history buffs, and got an older generation back in cinemas.
Also included is the head
of a statue
of William III blown up in Ireland, a portrait
of Oliver Cromwell hung upside down by a
monarchist supporter and Carl Andre's work known as the «pile
of bricks» which was damaged with blue dye by an angry member
of the public.
In one sentence, he serves up Gilbert & George, anti-elitist, working class
monarchist artists, on an Asprey
of London silver platter.
Of usernames most appropriate for an EPA chief, Vitter said, «Richard Windsor sounds pretty
monarchist.
For those
of us who are history geeks (me) and
monarchists (also me), the decision is a fascinating read.