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[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

don't renovate, reclaimate!

turn that palace into affordable housing!

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 days ago

Abolish the monarchy

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Friendly reminder that you guys had social housing figured out until you voted Thatcher into office.

[-] disgrunty@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Fuck Thatcher and everyone who idolises her. That woman fucked us all over. If there is a hell, she's in it.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Every royal should be chained to a boulder and cast into the Sea. No exceptions. Being a royal is a crime against humanity. Abdication or the drink, those should be their choices. Crowns should roll unclaimed in the gutter.

[-] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago

https://mhclgmedia.blog.gov.uk/2024/11/01/budget-boost-for-housing-local-growth-and-remediation/

...the Government will invest £5 billion in housing in 2025-26, an increase of £1 billion on the previous year, which includes £500 million additional funding for the Affordable Homes Programme and an additional £50 million to turbocharge planning reform

Framing the costs against how much gets spent in a year on X doesn't really work if the renovation isn't happening every year, which I'm going out on a limb and saying it isn't.

He could pay for it himself of course, but to all those saying to get rid of the monarchy - who pays for the renovation then..? It's a landmark heritage building, it needs upkeep.

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 27 points 2 days ago

I'd happily pay for the upkeep if I got to go inside and see it. If it was maybe a museum or an art gallery open to the public. As it is I'm paying upkeep on the multiple sprawling estates owned by the wealthiest people in the country, so that they can enjoy privacy in huge palaces, while I get one tiny box with a broken boiler.
On top of that you're actively paying the wages and costs of guards that do funny dances twice a day but will shoot you in the face if you try and go into the property you're paying for. You pay for it, but it belongs to some toff. Give your head a wobble lad.

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[-] sunbytes@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The crown has property and investments that pay out all the time (for example a lot of rental properties).

They also get a cheeky 500m allowance a year. Presumably plus expenses.

I suspect if these all were divided up between the national trust (looks after things like parks and historical sites) and the government, they'd be able to manage it themselves.

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[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Just want to point out that refurbishing is often just modifying stuff to his liking instead of routine maintenance.

[-] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Outrageous!

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 91 points 3 days ago

Get rid of the royals. Fuck them. They are a burden on society and the system.

Btw, has anybody verified those numbers though? It's a twitter post after all and they could be claiming anything without proof.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago

https://archive.is/hu4q5

The TL:DR; is that yes he could pay for it but it is also exceedingly complicated. Fuck the monarchy.

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Speaking as a Canadian who's also living under the crown, it's complicated, exceedingly expensive and not really worth the work. In the context of Canada, it would require renegotiating an exceptional amount of treaties and the like, opening the door for provinces to start requesting changes to benefit themselves. Things get even more complicated with Québec involved.

I can only imagine the UK having magnitudes more history than us, it would be even more expensive and even more complicated.

With that said, maybe we can just write a law that ditches the current royalty and replaces them with something like an inanimate carbon rod?

[-] IMongoose@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Don't they technically own like, most of the land in the UK? I'm sure that could be changed but it's not going to be easy right?

[-] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

It's hard to argue that a group of kneeling, headless corpses own anything.

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Maybe it does pay back in tourism? Either way let's have the social housing as well.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Tourism pays even without the royals. Just look at Versailles.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

How much does a guillotine cost again?

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[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 55 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If it’s paid for by public money the people should be able to sleepover whenever they want

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[-] AprilShowers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

down with the monarchy

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 40 points 3 days ago

The French had a good way of dealing with this.

[-] blueskyposter 46 points 3 days ago

This IS social housing. Man's got no job, have a little empathy.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Publicly funded housing for the unemployed... True!

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Is the main argument for royalty still tourism?

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Yes but the renovations are just a front to case his joint so they can rob him blind next time he goes on holiday.

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[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 12 points 3 days ago

UK population can't even figure that this parasite got to go lol

Think of that revenue that it brings UK🤡

It is a class war and UK pedon is losing extra hard.

But sure Muslim immigrants or poles are the problem mate;)

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Did you write pedon the other day somewhere? I don't know what it means.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 2 days ago

Prole, peasant, pleb.

It was prolly me I have not seen others use this term on fedi. It's an old timer type word.

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I see, thank you for explaining.

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