Prince of Wales costs us Â£3m!

**Grownup_Rafbrat** · 24-06-2009, 10:10

Add to that money given as 'aid' to China (nuclear power with a space programme), Pakistan (ditto), India (where all our jobs are headed), and Accenture, Price Waterhouse, EDS, McKinsey, etc. the old POW looks like good value for money to me.

**jockass** · 24-06-2009, 10:17

Whats the latest count for how much the ultimate bread and circus event in 2012 will cost? A quick search only pulled up this from last year with a 14billion estimate at that point. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3...-Olympics.html
Cancel it, walk away. Its not worth it.

As I am bored I have just worked out we could have 7.7 btlns full of PoW's at 3million a pop each for that money...

**lsquared** · 24-06-2009, 10:26

Originally Posted by msr

And the crooks in the BBC: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...-retiring.html

Who is this person? Is this person female?

We must, collectively, be quite mad, stark staring raving lunatics, to allow these 'luvvie' organisations, beholden to the 'spiv' Bliar, to squander so much of our tax.

How I hope and pray that Cameron and his team will scythe through the BBC with no mercy, no mercy at all.

I think the Prince of Wales is worth every new penny 'spent' on him by our frightful government on our behalf. The alternative: President Bliar and the unlovely 'Cherry' representing us abroad. It is bad enough being represented by a pimply school-boy without having the added insult of a 'president', his or her grasping spouse and the inevitable expensive, self-seeking, thieving and wholly corrupt, diversity enabled, entourage.

**4(T)** · 24-06-2009, 11:23

The BBC news report I heard slipped in the snippet that:

"the extra Â£3m was mostly due to two tours that PoW undertook at HMG's request".

If so, then the whole story is a very nasty mis-reported smear - par for the course with the mejia's treatment of PoW....

**Grownup_Rafbrat** · 24-06-2009, 11:30

I think it's an attempt to bury the bad news that corruption and sleaze continue as normal in Westminster.

**vampireuk** · 24-06-2009, 11:37

Originally Posted by jockass

Whats the latest count for how much the ultimate bread and circus event in 2012 will cost? A quick search only pulled up this from last year with a 14billion estimate at that point. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3...-Olympics.html
Cancel it, walk away. Its not worth it.

As I am bored I have just worked out we could have 7.7 btlns full of PoW's at 3million a pop each for that money...

And the moron in charge of this fiasco insists they are a success, how can something which is massively over budget with nobody wishing to act as a sponsor be considered a success.

**Queensman** · 24-06-2009, 11:52

Originally Posted by Grownup_Rafbrat

I think it's an attempt to bury the bad news that corruption and sleaze continue as normal in Westminster.

My point exactly.

**OldTimer** · 24-06-2009, 11:52

"the extra Â£3m was mostly due to two tours that PoW undertook at HMG's request".
If Charles is so good and hard working why didn't he tell HMG to sod off ? Like the rest of his family any chance of a free holiday and he is getting a flunky to pack his case.

**vampireuk** · 24-06-2009, 11:55

Originally Posted by OldTimer

"the extra Â£3m was mostly due to two tours that PoW undertook at HMG's request".
If Charles is so good and hard working why didn't he tell HMG to sod off ? Like the rest of his family any chance of a free holiday and he is getting a flunky to pack his case.

1/10 must try harder

**ECMO1** · 24-06-2009, 12:28

Originally Posted by jockass

And how much would electing and maintaining a President cost? I suspect alot more and all for the benefit of feeling happy and smug and republican that another oily politician could make more new rules to keep us in our places. I for one am much happier to pay my share of the bill to have a non-party political head of state so long as he/she acts with dignity and respect for the office. And that doesnt mean he/she doesnt have the right, same as any of us, to speak up if there is an issue they feel strongly about. I think we have more democratic representation due to our system of not have an elected head of state and its certainly better value for money than we would get from an EU president.

To try and answer your very valid question, just for example, the annual cost of the Executive Office of the President of the US is $337 million in 2009. That, of course doesn't count what the other Departments pay. For examples the DOD (USAF) maintains 2 747's to act as transport, and DHS (Secret Service) provides around the clock protection for not only the President but also the complete family. Those expenses are not included in the budget above, although the USAF reported that it costs around $101, 083 per hour to fly the 747 version of Air Force One.

The cost of the Federal election is included (line 747 of the link) at 50 million. Most election costs are borne by the parties and not the federal or state government.

The PoW looks like a good deal when meansured against those numbers.

**TheKing** · 24-06-2009, 12:32

Definitely a co-ordinated effort to divert attention away from the Labour government.

Who cares? The Royal family will still be here in a hundred years. Thankfully long after the Labour Party ceases to exist.

**leprecon** · 24-06-2009, 12:47

Originally Posted by Queensman

Whilst I have no particular love for the man, indeed I hope his Sovereign Mother outlives him, I think this piece of reporting is a weak attempt by the Brown Broadcasting Corporation to divert the flack from the crooks in the House of Commons and the Liarbour benches of the House of Lords.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8114523.stm

Apparently the Sun jumped on the bandwagon too (probably at New Liarbour's behest) - these fcukwits seem to know the cost of everything but not the value!

Â£3million is chicken feed compared with what the Government's long list of expensive fcuk ups have cost us:

1. Selling the gold reserves
2. NHS computer system
3. Iraq
4. Afganistan
5. ID cards
6. Europe
7. Stonehenge By-pass project
8. Rescuing the Banks

... feel free to add your own, it's making me too angry/depressed.

Queensman, I agree with you 100%. The Government are just trying to divert the ever growing anger that the public feel to the self serving MPs who are supposed to support them.

This particular bit of 'leaked' information won't upset the British Taxpayer (except for the 'republican' minority) for one simple reason.

The MPs were stealing money from the public - HRH was simply doing his job. No switching of second homes, no duck islands, no claiming for dodgey blue movies etc...

Considering the amount of engagements he's attended (over 600 in one year) proves that he isn't sitting on his laurels raking cash in like it was going out of business.

The MPs should take note of HRH, and they'd do well to follow his example.

**CrownImperial** · 24-06-2009, 12:47

It's o-so encouraging to see how effective Brown's PR machine is in divertin attention away from him...
Let's see, he was recently booed at Normandy because he was there instead of our Queen, Lord Rogers came off very badly from a scuffle with Prince Charles, making him look like the undemocratic scurge.
Any sensible person would realise the public has got alot more time for the Royal family than his political cartel, but still they try to chip away at it. It makes me want to cry how out of touch his regime is... with joy, since it can only spell doom for Labour ultimately.

**Ancient_Mariner** · 24-06-2009, 13:09

Originally Posted by southernfairy

My breakfast. Whenever I watch the news with it, I get put off by that Strange sucking in of his lower lip that occurs when Brown is between sentences. You all know what I mean.

An unavoidable side affect of anti-psychotic drugs, as people who are smarter than me have said. Gordon could be hearing voices in his head telling him to save the world/kill Dave/shag Obama. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Regarding Chas and his 3 million quid, bear in mind that's a little over half the five million subsidy paid to Parliament's restaurants so that millionaire MPs and peers can get a steak dinner for two quid.

**Grownup_Rafbrat** · 24-06-2009, 13:31

Originally Posted by Ancient_Mariner

Originally Posted by southernfairy

My breakfast. Whenever I watch the news with it, I get put off by that Strange sucking in of his lower lip that occurs when Brown is between sentences. You all know what I mean.

An unavoidable side affect of anti-psychotic drugs, as people who are smarter than me have said. Gordon could be hearing voices in his head telling him to save the world/kill Dave/shag Obama. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Regarding Chas and his 3 million quid, bear in mind that's a little over half the five million subsidy paid to Parliament's restaurants so that millionaire MPs and peers can get a steak dinner for two quid.

Thanks for reminding us of that, A_M. It's also reminded me of the HoC Wine Cellar, which costs us a fair bit, too.