Big Al Whittle - 16 Jun 17 - 10:39 AM

i think its a great idea confiscating property. start with the prince wales - if we had the rents from all his lands going into the coffers instead of his pockets, we'd all be better off.

then the duke of westminster - then the queen.

whats wrong with that?

I dare say that the present Duke of Westminster is one of the top 1% of "earners" who pays something like 29.8% of all tax recovered by HMRC. The bottom 50% pay something like 9.7% of all tax recovered.

As for HM The Queen (Duchy of Lancaster) and HRH The Prince of Wales (Duchy of Cornwall) well they already contribute millions to HMRC. I think those contributions plus those of The Crown Estate come in at something like £320 million a year.

Will you still be cheering when they come to confiscate what you have Big Al? Or are you a typical "socialist" who's all for sharing everything until it comes to sharing what they own?

By all means let them requisition vacant properties, but accept that the costs associated with the exercise will be enormous (Not normally a factor that ever clouds Labour Party schemes).


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