"We are all in this together", I don't think.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....nd-home-Mustique.html

Can I ask Cameron, "are we all in this together"?

And when the Middletons have decided on which pad they want, can I book the first 2 months in August?

[Gromit]

But the Royal family are good value for money, ask the Ametican tourists.

[jackthehat]

Are you suggesting that people who already have 'stuff' should stop using it ?

[factor-fiction]

So wouldn't this have happened under Blair/Brown or under Milliband?

[MarkRae]

Share the wealth? Property of the people? Well, I never realised AOG was a Communist...

[Sqad]

"We Are All In This Together"

"We" does not include the Royal family OR the wealthy......it never has done. tell me, what is the point of being Royalty or rich if one has to suffer in times of austerity?

[ChuckFickens]

Family with money made from a successful private company buys house shocker!

Slow news day today then.

[jno]

sorry, aog, I have block-booked August for the Socialist Workers Party. And September is reserved for the London Chimneysweepers Guild (honorary president Dick Van Dyke). We may fit you in later in the hurricane season, though.

[Manwithnoname]

No AOG. One is all in this together. A lot of people in this country have a very high regard for the aristocracy. They see it as their divine right to do as they please.

Just be a bit lenient with the poor deluded souls ;

[smartowl]

90% of the wealth of this country is owned by 5 % of the population. Shouldn't they be responsible for 90% of the debt?

[boxtops]

"Britain's Most Talked About Family"? By whom? I don't know anyone who's talking about them!

[Brenden]

smartowl, they probably do.

[emmie]

ask Blair and his missus, with their seven homes, not much of a socialist eh

[Zeuhl]

To be fair em, i don't think anyone ever thought he was did they?

Wasn't that the whole point of 'New Labour'?

[emmie]

sorry pass that by me again, New Labour, old Labour, whichever way you dress it up. People who voted Labour all their lives, voted for Blair, as did many who hadn't voted for Labour before, he was supposed to the saviour of our nation, who said they were tired of tory sleaze. Well you certainly got your moneys worth out of him.
The first time i saw him on the news, i knew that he was all shine and no substance, don't ask me why, but i disliked the man from the off, and i haven't changed my opinion.

[Manwithnoname]

Em The reason people voted for Mr Blair & his party in 1997 was to rid themselves of a stale, sleazy & washed up government.
Its a common trait the people who come to trust them are the same people who oust them while the previous ousted party re-invents iself & regains the reigns. Thats how it works.

[jackthehat]

...and it happened again in 2010.

[Old_Geezer]

I have no problem with folk opting to spend on multiple homes. I don't think it is even a left/right political issue, or should not be. But yes this does underline that the wealthy are not in the same boat as the poor. When times are hard the wealthy have slightly less excess to spend on luxuries, whilst the poor are wondering which bill they can afford to pay this month, and which has to wait. As for Americans thinking the royals are good value for money, I didn't realise that they were the ones paying; I thought the royals grabbed land and wealth from the our ancestors over many generations, and are still being paid by us to smile and meet people. Given that countries without a royal family tend to have no problem attracting tourists, I think the idea they are good value is pure wishful thinking.

[Old_Geezer]

"People who voted Labour all their lives, voted for Blair"

Many did, but there again who did they have as an alternative when the party lurched to the right under Blair? Either far too left parties with no chance of winning, or not not bothering to vote. The tactic of abandoning the party principles for votes worked well, the only problem being that having achieved power they were a party not making the decisions the traditional supporter approved of any more. In effect they got power by doing what the other party used to do, basically doing their job for them.