Abolish the monarchy
don't renovate, reclaimate!
turn that palace into affordable housing!
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.
down with the monarchy
Friendly reminder that you guys had social housing figured out until you voted Thatcher into office.
Fuck Thatcher and everyone who idolises her. That woman fucked us all over. If there is a hell, she's in it.
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.
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.
It was built in the early to mid 1800s, how much renovation could it need? Sheesh. Slap some makeup on it, bit of the ole duct tape and she's good as new. I can only imagine how much of a pain it has to be to have gone back and ran electricity, network cables, heating/cooling and stuff in buildings made to last that long that didn't have designs for them. I'd almost say to just make it all smaller inside by framing and putting up sheet rock inside, and then running everything between the external walls and the sheet rock would be easier.
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.Well get you wallet ready then!
Those guards who do funny dances are the oldest serving unit in the British army. They have always participated in active duty in addition to the ceremonies, so paying for them shouldn't be thought about any differently to the rest of the armed forces we (under) pay for.
I'm not against scaling back the monarchy, but the idea that your tiny box and broken boiler is going to be any different by doing so is misguided.
Just want to point out that refurbishing is often just modifying stuff to his liking instead of routine maintenance.
Outrageous!
If it’s paid for by public money the people should be able to sleepover whenever they want
Maybe if you made more of an effort with inviting Charles to your place for once he might invite you to his parties?
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.
The TL:DR; is that yes he could pay for it but it is also exceedingly complicated. Fuck the monarchy.
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?
It's hard to argue that a group of kneeling, headless corpses own anything.
The French had a good way of dealing with this.
This IS social housing. Man's got no job, have a little empathy.
Publicly funded housing for the unemployed... True!
Yes but the renovations are just a front to case his joint so they can rob him blind next time he goes on holiday.
Wishful thinking. I like it. I hope the next time he falls is during the last erection of his life. He's taken two Viagra and the turtle came out of its shell. He's rubbing a stick of butter on his member, balls swinging pendulous below. He didn't know it, but from his autopsy we learned he had the longest ballsack on record, with a full six inches of pubic hair attached.
So he's rubbing the butter on his penis and he falls over. And straight up breaks his dick IN-HALF.
If it gets renovated every 8 years or more then it literally does pay back more. Just saying.
But yes the UK should tone the monarch shit way the fuck down, forever.
Is this assuming all tourism to the UK would instantly stop if they became a republic or what
Technically the crown already empowered Parlaiment for all state affairs so they're a Republic now.
Let me put it this way: the number of people who show up for events like marriages, funerals and corronations is surprising even to them. The royal family is a net possitve for Tourism and it would be difficult to emulate that without them.
But I think we should still try it at least once.___
If the renovation was the only royal expense…
