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The historian, Frank Prochaska*, wrote that down the centuries there have tended to be three types of republicans in Britain.

1. "Constitutional", "classical" or "civic" republicans, who emphasise civic virtue and republican constitutionalism, with the presence or absence of a Monarch as a subordinate issue.
2. "Theoretical" republicans, who believe in republicanism but that the gains it would achieve would not be balanced by the disruption involved in the change.
3. "Anti-monarchical" or "civil list" republicans, who actively seek change and for whom dislike of the monarchy and its privileges is the prime motivator.

If you have got this far in these pages, you probably fall into one of these categories. Now read on, especially if you are in the first.

 

How are we to realise the United Republic of Great Britain? The view taken here is that we can only do it though a new political party. We should call this party the Republican Party of Great Britain - RPGB.

 

This cannot be a one issue party that will dissolve once the Republic has been achieved, leaving the clapped out, visionless existing parties to take over. It must be a party with a full range of policies with an enduring programme. We want MPs, and we want them soon. The party will take its place as one of the major parties.

 

 

 

So how do we turn a mere website into a political party? Well, it is not going to happen by a few people sitting around talking or by internet chat groups. Real politics cannot be made in back rooms or in cyberspace. A big public meeting is needed to start the thing off and we will go from there. Here is the plan in stages.

1. People can subscribe by completing the form linked below and paying the non-returnable subscription of £5 per person. This is not a membership fee. It is a contribution to the organising of the First Meeting and administrative expenses to enable that meeting to happen. It may also be used for financing the organising of the Lamp Lit March. The subscription has no time limit. It will last until the Republican Party is formally constituted when membership fees will become due. Any residual money in the account at that moment will pass to the Party.
2. Subscribers will say they will, or will not, attend, if possible, a First Meeting to be held at a suitable venue in Central London. (If you know you will not attend the First Meeting don't let that be a reason for not subscribing. We still need your support.)
3. Each subscriber will be given a unique number and will receive a regular weekly newsletter by email.
4. When enough people, say, around 1000 people have undertaken to attend the First Meeting, the meeting will be convened and all subscribers will be notified through their weekly newsletter accordingly.
5. The press and television will be invited.
6. At the First Meeting all who speak will be asked to give their names and the meeting will be recorded.
7. A transcript of the meeting will be prepared and posted on this website. DVD's will be made available for purchase. Edited versions will be sent to the media.
8. An invitation to stand for membership of a Steering Committee will posted on this website. There will be a deadline for applications. Applications should be accompanied by a brief statement.
9. Applications for membership of the Steering Committee together with the statements will be posted on the website and these will be linked, where applicable, to people who spoke at the First Meeting.
10. A second meeting, which will be the Inaugural Meeting of the Party will be convened and all subscribers will be invited to attend.
11. At the Inaugural Meeting the candidates for the Steering Committee will be voted to sit on the Committee in the normal way by the subscribers present at the meeting.
12. It is not anticipated that there will be so many people that wish to sit on the Steering Committee that any reasonable candidate will not gain membership in the first instance. You will not need to speak at the Meetings to join the Steering Committee. That is optional.
13. A first Steering Committee Meeting will be convened and a Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary elected. The drawing up of a Party Constitution will be initiated.  Decisions about where to go next will be made.
14. It is understood that any member of the Steering Committee can be voted off by the members of the Committee as a whole by a 60% majority. This is expressly to guard against two things. One, committee members who seldom turn up to meetings. Two, "entryism" whereby a person is sitting on the committee in pursuit of their own external agenda which has little to do with Republican Party aims.
15. Parallel with the above the first Lamp Lit March will be organised for July 2010.

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Until the formal Party Constitution is in place, subscribers have a right to know how the money they have given is being spent and so they will have access to a page on the website which will show a statement of all income and expenditure. The principle expenditure in the first place will be the expenses involved in arranging the two meetings mentioned above. The principle income which will be from subscribers will be shown with unique subscriber number and name (name will be omitted if preferred). 

Of course, maybe none of this will happen or it may happen slowly. But rest assured once you subscribe you will be kept in touch by means of the regular email.

This website has been created by Peter Kellow who will administer the organisation and finances until the formal Steering Committee is in existence. If you want more information on the person who will be looking after your £5 go to Peter Kellow.

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