‘Oh, but the royals support charities.’
Guess what. The very same charities the royals support … ARE PAYING THE ROYALS MILLIONS OF POUNDS IN RENT.
That’s basically the definition of money laundering.
Schools, NHS, fire brigades … all sorts of organisations are paying thousands and even millions of pounds a year in rent. And the Duchy of Lancaster is exempt from tax.
An author, whose name I missed, suggested that the royals wouldn’t even need to sell those lands. They could just charge a peppercorn rent.
I was a royalist a few years ago. That began to change when Liz paid off Andrew’s settlement. When Chuck didn’t pay for his own coronation during a cost of crisis, I was over it.
All right. We’re watching the #C4 #Dispatches on The King, The Prince, and Their Secret Millions.
Honestly, screw those guys.
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The grifterverse and Russell Brand
Why did so many hard-right celebs rush to support a supposedly left-leaning conspiracy-monger while the left itself has not?
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/09/19/the-grifterverse-and-russell-brand/
#abuse #Dispatches #media #RussellBrand
Amidst all the comment and furore over the #Dispatches investigation into #RussellBrand, this is one of the best articles I've read. The closing paragraph in particular is spot-on:
"An establishment out to bring him down? Now there’s a joke. Save your righteous anger, if you have it, for the establishments both old and new, that for so long raised him up."