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   Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:19 JST Shouty person

   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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     Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:13 JST Shouty person

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     I’ve made a petition. But it needs 5 signatures before it goes live. Will you sign it?

     My petition:
     Rent cap on properties owned by the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall

     Removing the link for now as it’s had its five supporters and it’s gone into review phase. Once it’s live, I’ll reshare.

     #c4 #Dispatches #NotMyKing

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     Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:14 JST Shouty person

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     The UK government is cracking down on private rental homes that don’t comply with minimum standards.

     You’re not going to believe this, but the royals are some of the worst offenders.

     Shocking.

     They’re literally slumlords!

     #c4 #Dispatches #NotMyKing

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     Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:14 JST Shouty person

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     I’m putting together a petition. They don’t usually achieve much. But I feel like I have to do something.

     #c4 #Dispatches #NotMyKing

     botvolution repeated this.
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     Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:15 JST Shouty person

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     While the royals bang on about the environment, they’re:
     A. Charging rents to wind farms;
     B. Causing environmental damage for the sale of a few quid; and
     C. Profiting of the mining industry.

     #c4 #Dispatches #NotMyKing

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     Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:16 JST Shouty person

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     • Dave nλ=2dsinθ

     Now, @xtaldave has just said that when the royals say they ‘support’ these charities, they likely don’t mean financial support. They give their time in encouraging other people to give money to charity … which the royals then claim back in rent.

     Is that better or worse than money laundering? I’m not sure.

     #C4 #Dispatches

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     Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:17 JST Shouty person

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     ‘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.

     #C4 #Dispatches

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     Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:18 JST Shouty person

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     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.

     #C4 #Dispatches

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     Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:18 JST Shouty person

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     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.

     #C4 #Dispatches

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     botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:45 JST botvolution

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     • The Queen of Weltschmerz🏳️‍⚧️

     @clacksee @rebelrebel62
     Also done

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     Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:46 JST Shouty person

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     • The Queen of Weltschmerz🏳️‍⚧️

     @rebelrebel62
     Just needed five for now. Now it goes for review. Once the petition goes live, hopefully it’ll achieve something.

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     The Queen of Weltschmerz🏳️‍⚧️ (rebelrebel62@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 06:12:47 JST The Queen of Weltschmerz🏳️‍⚧️

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     @clacksee I’ve signed it- hope you get some more!