[Bullseye]

Re: Homelessness : Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:37 pm  

When I go and look around the Palace of Versailles I can't help but think an actual monarchy would make the place seem better.

Re: Homelessness : Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:51 pm  

IR80 wrote:

utter b'shine, do you have any idea what tourism adds to the national income?

The myth of tourism generated by the Royal Family strikes again
They seem to do ok for tourism in France and the USA (to name but 2) neither of whom have a king or queen

Re: Homelessness : Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:31 pm  

Forbes:

"According to the latest Sovereign Grant accounts that were published last week, taxpayers in the UK are forking over more money than ever for the Royal Family. The monarchy cost £67 million ($86 million) in 2018-19, a 41% increase on the previous financial year. It has also emerged that the renovation of Frogmore Cottage, the official residence of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, cost £2.4 million of public funding, despite the fact that it was a gift provided to the couple by the Queen."

Viva la revolution.

Re: Homelessness : Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:57 pm  

bren2k wrote:

Forbes:

"According to the latest Sovereign Grant accounts that were published last week, taxpayers in the UK are forking over more money than ever for the Royal Family. The monarchy cost £67 million ($86 million) in 2018-19, a 41% increase on the previous financial year. It has also emerged that the renovation of Frogmore Cottage, the official residence of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, cost £2.4 million of public funding, despite the fact that it was a gift provided to the couple by the Queen."

Viva la revolution.

Hold on . On another thread people of a left wing persuasion were calling £280 million a tiny amount for health tourists.(other estimates put it up to £4.5 BILLION).Now all of a sudden £67 million is a massive amount. At least we get a return for the royal family . Granted some are a waste of space. Make your minds up

Re: Homelessness : Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:24 am  

wotsupcas wrote:

Hold on . On another thread people of a left wing persuasion were calling £280 million a tiny amount for health tourists.(other estimates put it up to £4.5 BILLION).Now all of a sudden £67 million is a massive amount. At least we get a return for the royal family . Granted some are a waste of space. Make your minds up

Mind? are you seriously suggesting any leftys have salient capacity?

Re: Homelessness : Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:25 am  

wotsupcas wrote:

Hold on . On another thread people of a left wing persuasion were calling £280 million a tiny amount for health tourists.(other estimates put it up to £4.5 BILLION).Now all of a sudden £67 million is a massive amount. At least we get a return for the royal family . Granted some are a waste of space. Make your minds up

That's a good attempt - but the argument about the health tourism lie, was about the estimated figure, as a proportion of the overall NHS budget.

The "return" for the Royal Family is difficult to quantify, because there are some rather arcane calculations used in most cases; personally, I object to them at a more fundamental level than just the money.

Re: Homelessness : Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:31 am  

bren2k wrote:

That's a good attempt - but the argument about the health tourism lie, was about the estimated figure, as a proportion of the overall NHS budget.

The "return" for the Royal Family is difficult to quantify, because there are some rather arcane calculations used in most cases; personally, I object to them at a more fundamental level than just the money.

You could always move to a country with no monarchy, I am sure I can set up a go fund me page to help you out.

Re: Homelessness : Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:35 am  

IR80 wrote:

You could always move to a country with no monarchy, I am sure I can set up a go fund me page to help you out.

I was intending to do exactly that, until the gammon uprising removed my freedom of movement.

Re: Homelessness : Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:40 am  

bren2k wrote:

I was intending to do exactly that, until the gammon uprising removed my freedom of movement.

Nobody has removed any freedom of movement, and the word GAMMON is a slur, stop reading the Mirror, Star.

Maybe try an actual book? You know, one with facts in, I bet you're gutted now Love Island has finished.

Re: Homelessness : Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:05 am  

bren2k wrote:

That's a good attempt - but the argument about the health tourism lie, was about the estimated figure, as a proportion of the overall NHS budget.

The "return" for the Royal Family is difficult to quantify, because there are some rather arcane calculations used in most cases; personally, I object to them at a more fundamental level than just the money.

Which budget it comes from is irrelevant. The Govt has a pot of money to spend and , among other things,it comes from tax and NI . It's the amount that counts. Now you can argue that you want a republic and that's fair enough but the fact is we spend more on health tourists than we do on the royal family. We can argue till we're blue in the face about the return on the royal family or what the actual cost of health tourism is but the fact remains we spend more on one than the other.