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| From | Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. |
| Date | 2014-08-31 08:29 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <c6g4nrF1eqaU9@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:11:09 +0100, Hils wrote: > On 2014-08-31 00:42, Bob Eager wrote: >> The money she gets is in exchange for the income from the Crown >> Estates. >> Not even many Brits know this. >> >> http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/Royalfinances/ >> CrownEstatesxyz.aspx > > There are also hidden costs, paid by taxpayers: > > http://republic.org.uk/what-we-want/royal-finances > > And there's the way members of the royal family get to veto laws they > don't like, though it has been argued that the royal veto is used as a > proxy by politicians and bureaucrats to sabotage legislation they'd > prefer went away: > > http://disinfo.com/2013/01/how-does-the-british-monarchy-get-away-with- it/ > > http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/14/secret-papers-royals-veto- bills > > While the "owners" of most of Britain (including the royals) also > receive subsidies paid from taxes levied on largely landless > city-dwellers: > > http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2011/03/million-acres-land- ownership > > The queen also "owns" 6.6 billion acres of land, a hangover from Roman > imperialism and Norman feudalism (helped along the way by war and the > theft of indigenous people's land). > > http://www.newstatesman.com/global-issues/2011/03/land-queen-world- australia All from strongly anti-monarchy sources, of course! -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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In the land of free speech, this is scary. Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-08-27 19:10 -0300
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-08-27 19:24 -0400
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-08-27 20:59 -0300
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-08-27 22:57 -0400
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. "D.D." <xyzzy@inbox.com> - 2014-08-27 21:51 -0700
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-08-28 13:02 +1000
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-28 20:59 +0000
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-08-29 15:24 +0100
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-08-29 18:07 -0300
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-30 17:09 +0000
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-08-30 13:08 -0600
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-31 01:23 +0300
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-31 17:04 +0000
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-31 22:06 +0300
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-08-31 13:57 -0600
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-31 23:26 +0300
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-08-31 00:31 +0100
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-08-30 23:42 +0000
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-08-31 08:11 +0100
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-08-31 08:29 +0000
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2014-09-01 20:22 +0100
Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-08-29 18:04 -0300
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