Can I have my 62p back please?
"Royals 'cost the taxpayer £37.4m'
The Queen and the Royal Family cost the UK taxpayer £37.4m in the last financial year, her financial public accounts reveal.
The cost, equivalent to 62p per person in the UK, rose 4.2% over the previous year, accountants said."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5123580.stm
Surely it's time we scrapped this out-dated concept? It should be a fundamental right of the people of this country to elect their Head of State rather than someone born in a particular family.
There's plenty of things I'd rather spend my 62p on.
posted by Jonny Boy at 4:52 pm
1 Comments:
funny, I believe in Canada we still pay about 1 dollar per person per year to cover the costs for the Queen's representative in Canada, The Governor General. It is usually a former politian or as our last two have been journalists or some other person who has done something "notable" in their life. Not sure if any of the money actually goes directly to Lizzie and her heirs over in the UK?
2:37 am, June 30, 2006
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