| 词条 | Labour for a Republic |
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| name = Labour for a Republic | former name = | image = Labour_for_a_Republic_logo.png | image_border = | size = | alt = | caption = Organisation logo | abbreviation = | motto = The Labour Campaign for an Elected Head of State | predecessor = | successor = | formation = {{start date|2012}} | founder = Ken Ritchie | extinction = | merger = | merged = | type = | status = | purpose = Campaigns for Britain to become a democratic republic | headquarters = | location = | membership = | language = | general = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4= | leader_name4 = | key_people = | main_organ = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | website = {{Official website|https://labourforarepublic.org.uk}} | remarks = }} Labour has never had a policy of republicanism; however, at least two party leaders, including the incumbent, have been republicans: George Lansbury and Jeremy Corbyn. Party founder Keir Hardie also expressed republican views. Republicanism in the Labour PartyAt the Labour Party's annual conference in 1923, two republican motions were put forward, supported by Ernest Thurtle and Emrys Hughes (who were both later to became Labour MPs). The first stated "that the Royal Family is no longer a necessary party of the British constitution", and the second "that the hereditary principle in the British Constitution be abolished". Party leader George Lansbury responded that, although he was also a republican, he considered the issue of the monarchy as a "distraction" from more important issues. Lansbury added that he thought the "social revolution" would eventually remove the monarchy peacefully in the future. The motions were both overwhelmingly defeated.[2][3][4] After the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, Independent Labour Party MP James Maxton (formerly a Labour MP) proposed a "republican amendment" to the Abdication Bill, which would have established a Republic in Britain. He said that while the monarchy had benefited Britain in the past, it had now "outlived its usefulness". Five MPs voted in favour of the bill, including Labour's Alfred Salter. However, it was defeated by 403 votes.[5][6] Willie Hamilton, a republican Scottish Labour MP who served from 1950 to 1987, was known for his outspoken anti-royal views. He discussed these at length in his 1975 book My Queen and I.[7]In 1991, former cabinet minister Tony Benn introduced the Commonwealth of Britain Bill in Parliament, which called for the United Kingdom to become a "democratic, federal and secular Commonwealth of Britain" with an elected President.[8] It proposed that the monarchy would be abolished and replaced by a republic with a written constitution. The bill was seconded by future party leader Jeremy Corbyn. It was read in Parliament a number of times before Benn’s retirement at the 2001 election, but did not achieve a second reading.[9] He wrote an account of his proposal in his book A New Constitution for Britain.[10] At the annual State Opening of Parliament, MPs are summoned to the House of Lords for the Queen's Speech. Since the 1990s, republican MP Dennis Skinner has regularly made a retort to Black Rod, the official who commands the House of Commons to attend the speech.[11] Skinner had previously remained in the Commons for the speech.[12] In September 2015, Corbyn, a Labour MP with republican views, won the party's leadership election, becoming both Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party. However, Corbyn stated during his 2015 leadership campaign that republicanism was "not a battle that I am fighting".[13] Parliamentary oathFollowing the 2017 general election, a number of Labour MPs prefaced their parliamentary oath of allegiance with a statement referring to their constituents, rather than the Queen. If an MP does not take the oath or the affirmation to the Queen, they will not be able to take part in parliamentary proceedings or paid any salary and allowances until they have done so. Such MPs included:
Formation and activitiesThe group Labour for a Republic was founded by Ken Ritchie in May 2011, with activity taking place during the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II the following year.[15][16][17] In September 2014, the group hosted a meeting at the Labour conference in Manchester. It was not listed in the fringe guide, but a debate was led by London Assembly member Tom Copley, former Downing Street press officer Lance Price and MP Nia Griffith. It was reported that an audience of around a dozen attended.[17] However, a fringe meeting hosted by LfaR at the party's Brighton conference in September 2017, entitled "Reigning in the Monarchy", was reported to be "packed out". It attracted controversy when MP Emma Dent Coad claimed that Prince Harry – who lives in her Kensington constituency – could not fly a helicopter, and said that "he just sits there going 'vroom vroom'." At the event, she also made derogatory remarks about other members of the Royal family, which were picked up on by the media.[18] [19] Dent Coad later defended her comments in a BBC interview, and said that taxpayers should not fund the monarchy.[20] Despite republicanism receiving little attention from the party leadership, as of February 2019, LfaR has over 3,000 followers on both Facebook and Twitter.[21][16] The group continues to campaign and organise events. See also
References1. ^{{citeweb|url= https://labourforarepublic.org.uk/about/|title=About|website=Labour for a Republic|accessdate=12 February 2019}} 2. ^Kingsley Martin, The Crown and the Establishment. London, Hutchinson. 1962 (pp. 53–54) 3. ^Martin Pugh, A New History of the Labour Party. London : Vintage, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-09-952078-8}} (p. 170). 4. ^Jeremy Paxman, On Royalty : A Very Polite Inquiry Into Some Strangely Related Families {{ISBN|978-1-58648-491-0}} (pp. 206–07) 5. ^Denis Judd, George VI. London, IB Tauris, 2012. {{ISBN|9781780760711}} (p. 157). 6. ^Fenner Brockway, Bermondsey Story: the Life of Alfred Salter. London, Allen and Unwin, 1949 (p. 201). 7. ^Willie Hamilton, My Queen and I. London, Quartet Books, 1975. 8. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.parliament.uk/edm/1995-96/1075 |title=Early day motion 1075|work=UK Parliament}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/bills/commonwealth-of-britain-bill|title=Commonwealth of Britain Bill|work=Hansard|publisher=House of Commons|accessdate=3 May 2010}} 10. ^{{Cite book|last=Benn|first=Tony|last2=Hood|first2= Andrew|title=Common Sense: New Constitution for Britain|editor=Hood, Andrew|publisher=Hutchinson|location=London|date=17 June 1993|isbn=978-0-09-177308-3}} 11. ^{{citeweb|url= https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/06/queen-s-speech-dennis-skinner-s-top-heckles |title=Queen’s Speech: Dennis Skinner’s top heckles|website=New Statesman|date=21 June 2017|accessdate=12 February 2019}} 12. ^{{citenews|url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/30/dennis-skinner-never-done-cross-party-stuff-nature-of-the-beast-documentary|title= Dennis Skinner: ‘I’ve never done any cross-party stuff. I can’t even contemplate it’|work=The Guardian|last=Adams|first=Tim|date=30 July 2017|accessdate=12 February 2019}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33624145 |title=Who is Jeremy Corbyn? Labour leadership contender guide |date=30 July 2015 |work=BBC News |accessdate=3 September 2015}} 14. ^{{citeweb|url=https://www.republic.org.uk/what-we-do/news-and-updates/mps-break-convention-swear-allegiance-people|title=Republic — MPs break convention to swear allegiance to the people|website=Republic|date=15 June 2017|accessdate=12 February 2019}} 15. ^{{citeweb|url= https://labourforarepublic.org.uk/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120614190436/http://www.labourforarepublic.org.uk/|title=Building support within the Labour Party|website= Labour for a Republic| archive-date= 14 June 2012|access-date=12 February 2019 |dead-url=no}} 16. ^1 {{citeweb|url= https://twitter.com/labour4republic?lang=en|title= Labour for a Republic (@Labour4Republic) |website= Twitter|accessdate=20 February 2019}} 17. ^1 {{citeweb|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29343859|title= The secret life of Labour's republicans|website=BBC News|last=Wheeler|first=Brian|date=24 September 2014|accessdate=20 February 2019}} Ken Ritchie is misspelt as Ken Richey but is the same person. 18. ^{{citenews|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4548726/labour-mp-calls-to-apologise-prince-harry-helicopter-cant-fly-afghan/|title= Harry chopper slur – Labour MP faced with furious demands to apologise after mocking Prince Harry’s Afghanistan record and accusing Prince Philip of cheating on the Queen|website=The Sun|last=Gye|first=Hugo|last2=Newton Dunn|first2=Tom|date=28 September 2017|accessdate=20 February 2019}} 19. ^{{citenews|url= https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/860839/Prince-George-Labour-MP-Emma-Dent-Coad-Royal-family-rant-Prince-Harry |title= Prince George becomes latest target of Labour MP in royal family rant|website=Express|last=Tominey|first=Camilla|date=1 October 2017|accessdate=20 February 2019}} 20. ^{{citenews|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41411889|title= Labour MP defends Prince Harry helicopter comments|website=BBC News|date=27 September 2017|accessdate=20 February 2019}} 21. ^{{citeweb|url= https://www.facebook.com/LabourRepublic/community|title= Labour for a Republic - Community |website= Facebook|accessdate=20 February 2019}} External links
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