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Should The Taxpayer Be Asked To Pay
for Big Ben to bong on 31st January, for exit from EU>
or as Boris suggested crowd fund it. Likely cost half a million
quid, would it be worth it, whoever pays.
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or as Boris suggested crowd fund it. Likely cost half a million
quid, would it be worth it, whoever pays.
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a crowd funding has started
which when I last heard had reached just over £205
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which when I last heard had reached just over £205
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Sounds a rip off to me. Did the estimators think it was an insurance job ?
Whilst not vital, we make an effort for thing much much less important. I see no reason to be niggardly over marking the return of our sovereignty and status as a nation.
As a portion of national wealth it's small and therefore should be covered by the treasury.
Whilst not vital, we make an effort for thing much much less important. I see no reason to be niggardly over marking the return of our sovereignty and status as a nation.
As a portion of national wealth it's small and therefore should be covered by the treasury.
I thought that Boris wanted to unite the country? The sounding of the Great Clock is usually done to mark those occasions when the country as a whole are usually in harmony. Would the sounding of the bell on Jan 31st not rekindle some of the bitterness between Brexiteers and Remainers witnessed throughout the last 3 and 1/2 years?
//The Tories only got 43.6% of the vote in the last election and yet they wield all the power. Call that "democracy"????//
Which party got more than that then?
//Everything wrong with that Naomi - they have the support of less than half of those who voted and yet have carte blanche to ruin the country any way they like.//
Virtually every government in recent times has assumed power with less than 50% of the vote. I’m sure you’d be making the same point if Labour won the election with only 43% of the vote.
//I'm well aware of how the system works but for anyone to maintain that it's democratic is just plain wrong!//
The Blair government was elected in 1997 with less than that (43.2%) then polled 41.4% in 2001 followed by 35.2% in 2005. The also had carte blanche for thirteen years. I didn’t hear any complaints about “democracy” then. Be careful what figures you complain about. Of course we could have a system like that in Italy which has had 69 governments in the 75 years since WW2.
Which party got more than that then?
//Everything wrong with that Naomi - they have the support of less than half of those who voted and yet have carte blanche to ruin the country any way they like.//
Virtually every government in recent times has assumed power with less than 50% of the vote. I’m sure you’d be making the same point if Labour won the election with only 43% of the vote.
//I'm well aware of how the system works but for anyone to maintain that it's democratic is just plain wrong!//
The Blair government was elected in 1997 with less than that (43.2%) then polled 41.4% in 2001 followed by 35.2% in 2005. The also had carte blanche for thirteen years. I didn’t hear any complaints about “democracy” then. Be careful what figures you complain about. Of course we could have a system like that in Italy which has had 69 governments in the 75 years since WW2.
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