King Charles to receive huge pay rise from UK taxpayers
King Charles to receive huge pay rise from UK taxpayers
Details published by Treasury show royal family’s grant is expected to increase from £86m to £125m in 2025
That's right yes, after we pay for his fucking hat day he gets a pay rise while we get a cost of living crisis and strikes across the board to get a few pennies.
Fuck the Royal family, take it all off them in my view, don't let them keep a penny it's all stolen. They can work in fucking Aldi like normal people.
Why do they get this money?
Why do they get any money? And from the tax payer?
This seems so fucking archaic to me.
Oh but the tourism!
This is the Britain we all dream of.. isolated and desperate, wheeling out archaic practices and dressing in silly hats in the hope that foreigners might think it all hilarious enough to throw us a few coins.
It's the Britain William Rees-Mogg (Jacob's dad) dreamed of, back when he was writing books like "The Individual Sovereign" and "(The Best Time to Buy is when there is) Blood in the Streets"
Shhhh don't ask too many questions
The royal family bring in a lot more money than they cost. They are a cornerstone of our tourism industry; a critical part of our economy.
That's why.
Are you really arguing that a 12 year old video justifies a near 50% increase in their income today??
I knew it was going to be that awful video.
Mate it's entirely and totally wrong, here's why
Firstly, they're hardly a cornerstone. There's more than just one reason to go on holiday around the UK. People could still go to Buckingham palace. The biggest scroungers in the country just wouldn't live there on taxpayer money anymore.
Secondly, tourism is hardly the "critical" part of our economy. The finance industry is critical, as if we lost that we'd be genuinely fucked. But tourism? No. It's more beneficial for seaside towns, which don't exactly have the royals as an attraction. But if tourism in London, the wealthiest of all the cities in the UK, of all place, slows down a bit (which it wouldn't - people still go to France after all) then that would be a blip compared to other parts of the economy.
How sad and pathetic that this is the b st the British economy has to offer.
That argument holds no water. Germany and France have bigger tourism industries than Britain. Neither of them have a royal family costing them a fortune.
Meanwhile, the government can only offer a poultry paltry 6% pay increase to junior doctors.
A lot of people take for granted that they're paid in chickens instead of a more liquid form of recompense. That's problematic too.
I was under the impression it was ducks, due to a typo in a bill proposing payment in USD.
Also note that the civil service / government departments and arms length bodies (like Kew Gardens, British Library, British Museum, Research Councils, met office, etc) do not have independent pay review bodies and bargin individually for thier pay, has not been mentioned in this. Given this government it is highly likely that it will not, and the civil service will still be at 2009 pay for alot more work. We have not forgotten the being essential for covid ansld then trying to sack 20% of us while cutting severance packages (currently resolved by recent strike action).
Vive la France!
Off with their heads
Glad to know this since I was told just last week there was literally no money for anything and anyone.
There should be a referendum about this.
As if the propaganda machine that got us brexit would ever allow an "abolish" vote to pass...
But but but… the WiLl Of ThE pEoPlE must be respected!
Thank god for that. I was worried about the poor fella…
What a bellend
Brilliant, he's had it so tough for so long 👍 hope you choke on it, Charlie! 🐷
Is this the Tories giving the King a raise before they get swept out of power?
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