Abolish the Monarchy

''A crucial, riveting polemic in support of one of the most precious things humanity has built - democracy itself'' OWEN JONES

''Graham Smith shows what fools our rotten constitution makes of us, with a monarch as emblem of a country beset by nepotism, backhanders, chumocracy and inherited privilege. Read and rebel!'' POLLY TOYNBEE

It''s wrong in principle and it doesn''t work in practice. (And no, it''s not good for tourism.) It doesn''t have to be this way.

They say Britain should be proud to have the mother of parliaments, to be a shining beacon of democracy and an example to other nations. But there''s an elephant in the room.

At the heart of power is a single family. They weren''t elected but they live off the public purse. They aren''t accountable to anyone, and yet between them they are privy to more government secrets than many cabinet ministers. Divinely appointed using a special hat, the head of the family is your superior, you his