Jacko_G
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Cost of repairs now rising another third to £80 million.
Knock the blooming thing down instead. A disgraceful waste of taxpayers money.
Knock the blooming thing down instead. A disgraceful waste of taxpayers money.
Or sell it to the Americans ??Cost of repairs now rising another third to £80 million.
Knock the blooming thing down instead. A disgraceful waste of taxpayers money.
OofCost of repairs now rising another third to £80 million.
Knock the blooming thing down instead. A disgraceful waste of taxpayers money.
Totally disagree, a very important building that should be preserved for the nation.
£400 000 000 on the Scottish parliament building that was meant to cost about 10% of that was a waste of money.
Not convinced about HS2 either.
Big Ben is the name of the bell not the bell tower
Couldn't care less if the bell was called Big Breasted Betty Bell its still a disgrace to waste taxes on it to that level.
It is just over £1 for every person in the country. I'd happily pay my share. I'll even pay your's Jacko if you'll stop whinging. ;-)
i'd imagine if it were a dilapidated victorian public building anywhere else in the UK that sort of money wouldn't be being spend to referb it.... Buck palace too for that matterCost of repairs now rising another third to £80 million.
Knock the blooming thing down instead. A disgraceful waste of taxpayers money.
This it’s in London so it’s ok.i'd imagine if it were a dilapidated victorian public building anywhere else in the UK that sort of money would be being spend to referb it.... Buck palace too for that matter
Yet we have people dying on waiting lists and £80 million on a clock is acceptable?
i'd imagine if it were a dilapidated victorian public building anywhere else in the UK that sort of money wouldn't be being spend to referb it.... Buck palace too for that matter
maybe if the NHS didn't waste so much money on multi levels of management and hadn't been lumbered with PFI contracts then they'd had more money to spend on treating people
On the other side, I'd imagine Big Ben and Buckingham palace somewhat contribute to bringing in a few more tourist pounds than other random dilapidated buildings.
Interesting how you skirt other issues raised though Jacko someone here mentioned the waste of money on Scottish parliamentary building going way over budget, that's nothing to do with London so is that excess ok? Or HS2 does that not deem worthy of acknowledgement because they're not specifically in LondonCorrect they bring money to London which stays in London. A clock given an £80 makeover, where else in Britain would that happen??? Absolutely nowhere.
Tax payers money wasted.
I'd have to agree with this. It's not so much the funding but how it's spent. As a supplier into the NHS I've seen the amount of money the various contractors and PFI sucks out from treatment and into their shareholders profits.maybe if the NHS didn't waste so much money on multi levels of management and hadn't been lumbered with PFI contracts then they'd had more money to spend on treating people
I'd have to agree with this. It's not so much the funding but how it's spent. As a supplier into the NHS I've seen the amount of money the various contractors and PFI sucks out from treatment and into their shareholders profits.
For the Elizabeth Tower (what it's actually called) then I agree that we seem to let people keep ramping up the costs. Part of this is that when the tender for work is specified, it's not specified correctly and so whilst the supplier bids for what is in the tender, if the parameters change then they are contractually allowed to increase the charge as there is extra work outside the scope of the original tender.
I see it all the time. We have now learnt from experience to make it absolutely clear to our customers that we are bidding on the tender as presented to us. If they want to change the parameters post that, there is a cost involved.