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pip08456 20-11-2016 16:58
Re: Buckingham Palace to get £369million modernisation works
 
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35870643)
No, you weren't

'The Monarchy can do nothing like that, they are just a figuredhead.

Like it or not they do a very good job of representing this country to the rest of the world.'

You, need to learn the difference between Monarchy & Monarch....

Apology accepted
There have been 12 Monarchs since 1701 hence the pluralisation.

papa smurf 20-11-2016 17:00
Re: Buckingham Palace to get £369million modernisation works
 
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35870648)
I was wondering when my name would come into this discussion.

I find the whole issue totally a disgrace to the vulnerable of the UK. She maybe the monarch of the UK and all the Commonwealths.

But, l look at it this way.
We have thousands of her 'subjects' you and me that cannot make ends meet. We have severe cuts of everything possible. We have a NHS is totally financial disarray.

We have police forces all over the country making cuts.

And yet the Government have agreed to pay OUR money into refurbish the Palace. And l bet the Contractor's will be offered tenders for the Company to put in good offer. And it wont be a British Company that wins it.

The Royal Family, go round the world at OUR expense. I just find it disgusting
didn't realise it had

mrmistoffelees 20-11-2016 17:02
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35870650)
There have been 12 Monarchs since 1701 hence the pluralisation.
If that's the way you meant it fair enough, I suspect otherwise but we move on.

pip08456 20-11-2016 17:14
Re: Buckingham Palace to get £369million modernisation works
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35870648)
I was wondering when my name would come into this discussion.

I find the whole issue totally a disgrace to the vulnerable of the UK. She maybe the monarch of the UK and all the Commonwealths.

But, l look at it this way.
We have thousands of her 'subjects' you and me that cannot make ends meet. We have severe cuts of everything possible. We have a NHS is totally financial disarray.

We have police forces all over the country making cuts.

And yet the Government have agreed to pay OUR money into refurbish the Palace. And l bet the Contractor's will be offered tenders for the Company to put in good offer. And it wont be a British Company that wins it.

The Royal Family, go round the world at OUR expense. I just find it disgusting
The Government have agreed to pay for the upkeep of a building the Government own. Lizzie doesn't own it.

mrmistoffelees 20-11-2016 17:21
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Is there anything Arthur doesn't find disgusting?

Newsagent: Morning Arthur, just checked and you've won £100,000 on your scratcard.
Arthur: That's disgusting, it's wrong. Why are they just giving money away when there's poor people who need it?
Newsagent: FML

Maggy 20-11-2016 17:41
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Stick to the topic and avoid personal comments

Pierre 20-11-2016 18:13
Re: Buckingham Palace to get £369million modernisation works
 
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35870629)
Yep, that Greek racist. Spectacular job he's done mind !!!!
I won't have anyone have a go at Phil, he's a legend.

---------- Post added at 17:13 ---------- Previous post was at 17:10 ----------

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35870660)
The Government have agreed to pay for the upkeep of a building the Government own. Lizzie doesn't own it.
Also The money is going to come from the revenues of Crown Estate, not from taxes.

pip08456 20-11-2016 18:17
Re: Buckingham Palace to get £369million modernisation works
 
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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 35870696)

Also The money is going to come from the revenues of Crown Estate, not from taxes.
Correct. The Government get 85% of the revenue year on year.

martyh 20-11-2016 18:19
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Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35870274)
Can't wait for Arthur to post in apoplectic rage why the queen can't pay for her own house to be done up and when he used to work there......
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35870648)
I was wondering when my name would come into this discussion.

I find the whole issue totally a disgrace to the vulnerable of the UK. She maybe the monarch of the UK and all the Commonwealths.

But, l look at it this way.
We have thousands of her 'subjects' you and me that cannot make ends meet. We have severe cuts of everything possible. We have a NHS is totally financial disarray.

We have police forces all over the country making cuts.

And yet the Government have agreed to pay OUR money into refurbish the Palace. And l bet the Contractor's will be offered tenders for the Company to put in good offer. And it wont be a British Company that wins it.

The Royal Family, go round the world at OUR expense. I just find it disgusting
Quote:
Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35870651)
didn't realise it had

Awsome :D:D:D:D:D:D

papa smurf 20-11-2016 18:20
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Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35870703)
Awsome :D:D:D:D:D:D
oops :)

mrmistoffelees 20-11-2016 18:21
Re: Buckingham Palace to get £369million modernisation works
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 35870696)
I won't have anyone have a go at Phil, he's an embarrassment
Fixed that for you ;)

papa smurf 20-11-2016 18:23
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phil tells it how its is not how you want to hear it ;)

mrmistoffelees 20-11-2016 18:25
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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35870709)
phil tells it how its is not how you want to hear it ;)
Some samples

1993
To a British tourist in Hungary in he quipped: "You can't have been here that long — you haven't got a pot belly."
To survivors of the Lockerbie bombing he told them: "People usually say that after a fire it is water damage that is the worst. We are still drying out Windsor Castle."
1994
"Aren't most of you descended from pirates?", he asked an islander in the Cayman Islands.
To a Caribbean rabbit breeder in Anguilla, he said: "Don't feed your rabbits pawpaw fruit — it acts as a contraceptive. Then again, it might not work on rabbits."
1995
He asked a Scottish driving instructor in Oban: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?"
1996
Following the Dunblane massacre, he questioned the need for a firearms ban: "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?"
1998
The Duke asked a British student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea: "You managed not to get eaten then?"




mmmm exactly how we 'want to hear it'

pip08456 20-11-2016 18:25
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It's the mediterranean way.

martyh 20-11-2016 18:30
Re: Buckingham Palace to get £369million modernisation works
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35870711)
Some samples

1993
To a British tourist in Hungary in he quipped: "You can't have been here that long — you haven't got a pot belly."
To survivors of the Lockerbie bombing he told them: "People usually say that after a fire it is water damage that is the worst. We are still drying out Windsor Castle."
1994
"Aren't most of you descended from pirates?", he asked an islander in the Cayman Islands.
To a Caribbean rabbit breeder in Anguilla, he said: "Don't feed your rabbits pawpaw fruit — it acts as a contraceptive. Then again, it might not work on rabbits."
1995
He asked a Scottish driving instructor in Oban: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?"
1996
Following the Dunblane massacre, he questioned the need for a firearms ban: "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?"
1998
The Duke asked a British student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea: "You managed not to get eaten then?"




mmmm exactly how we 'want to hear it'
I think between him and Boris our foreign affairs are sorted


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