Archive for: Lewis Holden

Lies, damned lies, and monarchists’ statistics*

Lies, damned lies, and monarchists’ statistics*

Tweet The ACM has long boasted at the size of its Facebook page — yet for some reason it’s gone into decline over the past month. Lewis Holden reviews the numbers. Back in September last year and earlier this year, I observed a number...

 

Winning the republic debate

Winning the republic debate

Tweet  The ARM’s new national director, David Morris, is going head to head with the ACM today. Lewis Holden, a one-time university debater and full-time pub politics enthusiast, gives David some tips on how to win the debate. Lewis...

 

Republican lessons from the NZ electoral system referendum

Republican lessons from the NZ electoral system referendum

Tweet  Last year, New Zealand held a non-binding referendum on their electoral system. Lewis Holden, who was involved in the campaign to keep the current system, looks at what republicans can learn from the campaign. Lewis Holden out on...

 

Preserving the monarchy through misinformation

Preserving the monarchy through misinformation

Tweet Legal expert Steven Spadijer has proven conclusively that the Queen is Australia’s head of state, yet the ACM ignores his full and exhaustive legal proof and continues to claim the Governor-General is Australia’s head...

 

Fighting the last battle

Fighting the last battle

Tweet  The monarchists are still fighting the battles of yesterday, writes Lewis Holden. If you’re going to fight republicans today, it doesn’t really make sense to fight the battles of yesterday, avoiding the battles of today....

 

Can’t buy monarchists love

Can’t buy monarchists love

Tweet “Despite the monarchists’ devilish efforts at deception and self-promotion, the Republican cause is strengthening and gaining momentum,” writes Andrew Douglas. We are well into the 21st Century; the technological revolution...

 

The Queen is Head of State Part V

The Queen is Head of State Part V

TweetLewis Holden continues the series arguing the Queen is Australia’s Head of State, based on a new book by Steven Spadijer.  The Queen is Head of State series: parts I II III IV Why is the ACM missing in action on the head of...

 

Creative fiction and the Irish presidential system

Creative fiction and the Irish presidential system

TweetIrish President-elect Michael D Higgins Monarchists use misinformation and creative fiction to attack the Irish presidential system — so what else is new? Lewis Holden comments. Every so often the monarchists come out with something so...

 

The Queen is Australia’s Head of State: Part II

The Queen is Australia’s Head of State: Part II

TweetLewis Holden comments on constitutional scholar Steven Spadijer’s new book, which has proven conclusively that the Queen is Australia’s head of state. Australia's head of state Part I of the series is here.  Paul Keating’s...

 

The Queen is Australia’s Head of State: Part I

The Queen is Australia’s Head of State: Part I

Tweet Legal expert Steven Spadijer has proven conclusively that the Queen is Australia’s head of state, and in a new book he has presented the full and exhaustive legal proof. And now that he’s busted their favourite myth, monarchists...

 
 
 
 

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