Analysis: The Royals Are at the Heart of British Capitalism
by Laura Clancy
Are the royals an enthralling soap opera, or an aristocratic vestige of a bygone era? Neither, argues Laura Clancy – the royal Firm is at the heart of British capitalism.
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Opinion: The Land-Hoarding Elite Should Be Paying the Rest of Us Rent
by Philip Goff
It’s time to radically overhaul how we think about property rights, argues philosopher Philip Goff. We need a universal rent.
Opinion: How Harry and Meghan Quit the Royal Family to Join the US Aristocracy
by Ash Sarkar
Meghan and Harry's defection to the states shows that as the world’s ruling classes go, the British elite is rather second-rate, writes Ash Sarkar; for a hot, rich, mixed-race woman who’s married to a prince, there are more attractive options than enduring the petty cruelty of palace apparatchiks.
The Leave Campaign Couldn’t Care Less About Democracy
by Gordon Maloney
The official Leave campaign claims to care about unelected eurocrats telling us what to do, but the toffs and millionaires who comprise the leadership have benefited most from the UK's own democratic deficit.