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Agree it is a ridiculous amount of money and I'm sure Bob the builder could do it for £50 but I am detecting a few 'non London' chips on shoulders here.
Big Ben
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Jacko_G
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And there is the post that actually proves my point to be right Jacko..
You don't like differing opinion or comparison you'll just keep repeating yourself telling others they're wrong. Quite sad really ??
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£80 million of taxpayers money on a clock is not value. It's actually disgusting for a bit of masonry and a big bell.
Jacko_G
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Nope I don't live anywhere near London.
Jacko_G
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ScienceBoy
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The NHS has both a funding problem and a spending problem, but I think we can only fix one...
Robin Hood
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This is turning into a real Ding Dong argument ?
4LEX
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London is the capital of the UK and one of the most important cities on the planet. A multicultural hub of history, tourism, economics, science and the arts. Big Ben is one of the most famous sights in London and clearly deserves this money.
If you think London shouldn't get special attention then you're the one that needs your head checking
Ye Olde Boomer
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Why not replace all the antiquated working parts with a modern digital clock while retaining the original external appearance?
The audio aspects could easily be electronically simulated.
If the tower itself is structurally unsound, I'd think twice about not fixing it.
A great cathedral burned down in Paris. As a secular person, I still think that was a terrible thing.
When you stop restoring your cultural landmarks, you get closer and closer to becoming American.
You don't want that.
The audio aspects could easily be electronically simulated.
If the tower itself is structurally unsound, I'd think twice about not fixing it.
A great cathedral burned down in Paris. As a secular person, I still think that was a terrible thing.
When you stop restoring your cultural landmarks, you get closer and closer to becoming American.
You don't want that.
a big difference between a 1000 year old Cathedral and a victorian clock tower
Ye Olde Boomer
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As a tourist, I enjoyed seeing it.
My taxes won't be what fixes it, so all I can do is share my perspective.
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The Palace of Westminster is a UNESCO world heritage site. It would be bizarre not to maintain it.
4LEX
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I did double check it wasn't April 1st when I read this!
Why don't we get Apple to pay for it and rename it Big Ben's Apple and have a four sided Apple Watch on the top?
MegaSteve
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It is an iconic building for the nation so does need to be looked after. I'm sure I could have done the repairs for £75m though, still making a tidy profit
How can it really cost that much? It is scary how these figures are thrown around.
It's all down to the cost of maintaining all the levels of pen pushing box ticking desk jockeys reputedly required to manage a relative handful of folk at the 'coal face'...
MegaSteve
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Probably... What's the point of Paris without the Eifel Tower or Sydney minus the Opera House/Harbour Bridge?
hasn't it been covered over for the last few years so no one could see it anyway, yet tourists still flocked. you could have reolaced it with a giant inflatable and a doubt they would have noticed
Jacko_G
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London is the capital of the UK and one of the most important cities on the planet. A multicultural hub of history, tourism, economics, science and the arts. Big Ben is one of the most famous sights in London and clearly deserves this money.
If you think London shouldn't get special attention then you're the one that needs your head checking
London may be your capital it's certainly not my capital.
MegaSteve
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hasn't it been covered over for the last few years so no one could see it anyway, yet tourists still flocked. you could have reolaced it with a giant inflatable and a doubt they would have noticed
You can fool some of the people some of the time but never all of the people all of the time...
4LEX
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I didn't say it was mine either, did I? That's irrelevent. I simply stated a fact. As the capital of the UK it deserves extra investment. In fact in terms of what London brings in from business, tourism and taxes it's a drop in the ocean.
Jacko_G
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The UK is not a country and does not have a singular capital.
