• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
  • Guest Content
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Elevenses
  • Business
  • Food
  • Travel
  • Property
  • JOBS
  • All
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Sport
    • Tech/Auto
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Elevenses
  • Business
  • Food
  • Travel
  • Property
  • JOBS
  • All
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Sport
    • Tech/Auto
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Not everyone is as happy as Barbados to leave ‘colonial past behind’ & remove Queen as Head of State

"Barbados decides, quite reasonably, that they do not want their Head of State to be based in a palace 4,000 miles away. Cue the British and their sense of entitlement... Doesn’t this just prove Prince Harry’s point?"

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-09-16 10:40
in News
Credit;PA

Credit;PA

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

The sun has pretty much set on the British Empire as another country has decided to leave its past association with the Royal Family behind.

The Caribbean nation of Barbados plans to remove the Queen as its head of state and become a republic by November 2021. The country gained its independence from Britain in 1966, though the Queen remains its constitutional monarch.

Civil rights lawyer Kristen Clarke tweeted: “Barbados to relieve the UK Queen of her duties by 2021. Barbados will take the next logical step toward full sovereignty and become a republic by the time we celebrate our 55th anniversary of independence. This is the globalization of #BLM.”

Barbados to relieve the UK Queen of her duties by 2021.

“Barbados will take the next logical step toward full sovereignty and become a republic by the time we celebrate our 55th anniversary of independence.”

This is the globalization of #BLM. pic.twitter.com/gk7p5qn6mL

— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) September 16, 2020

It is a decision that has been welcomed by many but not everyone wished the country well.

Royal Correspondent & Editor Charlie Proctor Tweeted: “Barbados decides, quite reasonably, that they do not want their Head of State to be based in a palace 4,000 miles away. Cue the British and their sense of entitlement… Doesn’t this just prove Prince Harry’s point?”

Some of the comments he shared include “Go – & be independent – & when the HURRICANE season comes – Don’t expect, – ROYAL NAVY – ships to come with supplies, restitution & INFINITE, ample of resources and restoration! bye bye! & Don’t expect ELITE holiday makers to come to an island no longer Monarch supported.!”

In response Charlie Tweeted: “Elite holiday makers? what on Earth is that supposed to mean? Perhaps it is those who snub a Skegness caravan for a Cornwall cottage.”

Elite holiday makers? What on earth is that supposed to mean?

Perhaps it is those who snub a Skegness caravan for a Cornwall cottage.

— Charlie Proctor (@MonarchyUK) September 15, 2020

Another critic of the decision chipped in with ‘How much money will that save us and will all the immigrants in this country go back.” One person said “Fools, they should feel honoured, I hope they don’t regret that move.”

It could lead to their Caribbean neighbour Jamaica making the same move soon towards severing ties with the British Monarchy, Proctor Tweeted: “Now Barbados has played their cards, other CARICOM countries will follow. Jamaica will be next. Both main parties favour a Republic.”

RelatedPosts

Noel Gallagher given £1k fine and six points over driving offence – even though he can’t even drive!

Piers Morgan comes out to bat for Phillip Schofield, saying he’s ‘not committed a crime’

Dozens of refugees ‘left on the streets’ in Westminster for two nights

WATCH: Jack Monroe says we’re in a ‘Cost of Conservatives’ crisis

Big news.

Now Barbados has played their cards, other CARICOM countries will follow.

Jamaica will be next. Both main parties favour a Republic. https://t.co/V7pephgRIF

— Charlie Proctor (@MonarchyUK) September 15, 2020

Loitering

A speech written by Prime Minister Mia Mottley quoted the Caribbean island nation’s first premier Errol Barrow’s warning against “loitering on colonial premises”.

Reading the speech, Governor-General Dame Sandra Mason said: “The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind. Barbadians want a Barbadian Head of State.

Royal tour of the Caribbean – Day 3
Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley wants her country to become a republic (Jane Barlow/PA)

“This is the ultimate statement of confidence in who we are and what we are capable of achieving.

“Hence, Barbados will take the next logical step toward full sovereignty and become a Republic by the time we celebrate our 55th Anniversary of Independence.”

In 1998, a Barbados constitutional review commission recommended republican status, and in 2015 Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said “we have to move from a monarchical system to a republican form of government in the very near future”.

Most Caribbean countries have kept formal links with the monarchy after achieving independence.

Barbados would join Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica and Guyana if it proceeds with its plan to become a republic.

Barbados took another step towards independence from the UK in 2003 when it replaced the London-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice, located in Trinidad and Tobago’s Port of Spain, as its final appeals court.

Female leader

Mia Mottley, 54, appeared on Good Morning Britain in Early Sept with former Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard to debate whether women make better leaders. 

She claimed that females are more ‘caring’ than males, and consider more the impact their decisions will have on people’s feelings, meaning it’s easier to change people’s behaviour.   

When quizzed if her views could be called sexist she replied: ” ‘I don’t think [it is sexist]. I think in households women negotiate in everything we do everyday. 

‘Women also have to cooperate with men and we get that, so it gives us a complete picture, and I try not to use the sexist prism. But I want us to understand the attributes women bring to public office do make a difference.’  

Related – It’s time for the Queen to apologise for the British Empire

Content Protection by DMCA.com

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending

Elevenses: The Thing About Wrexham’s Cinderella Story

Elevenses: Exposing the Tories’ Deepfake Illegal Immigration Bill

Elevenses: Rishi’s Finest Hour

More from TLE

We went to the inaugural Meadfest – here’s what we learned

Mother stabbed in “initiation” attack as she walked with three-year-old

Restaurant Review: The Dining Room at The Goring

PMQs: For Boris the Black Knight, 148 attacks leave just a flesh wound 

Theatre Review: Chinglish, Park Theatre

Rory Stewart announces he will stand down at next election and has resigned from the Conservative Party

Good Law Project launch legal challenge over Johnson’s peerage for disgraced Tory donor

Police release harrowing images of pregnant mum and baby after they were left for dead by hit-and-run driver

Is Katie Hopkins A Women Of Her Word?

Let it Be

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.