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Old 27-06-2005, 17:44   #53
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Re: Royals cost Britain £37m a year

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Originally Posted by Incognitas
So now going by this we should stop paying for the upkeep of the Houses of Parliament and expect the MP's to pay for them instead out of the money we pay them as wages?
No we shouldn't

MP's are our chosen elected representatives..... They are not in place because of some archaic privalige system....

Now if you meant the house of Lords

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Originally Posted by Incognitas
Also Charlie Boy and his son's take nothing out of the civil list.Surely we can keep them?
I never said we should get rid of them, stop making up your own arguments

Yes we can keep him...... but stop paying
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
We could argue the same for mp's who get high salaries but are able to claim various topups for expenses which normal people would be expected to pay themselves.
Look if we keep comparing them with MP's then it's only fair that we can elect the royals as well........

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