People are comparing the Grenfell victims fund with the £369m Buckingham Palace refurbishment
Sat 3:08 pm +00:00, 17 Jun 2017 2
2 hours ago by Greg Evans
In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy earlier this week, Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged a £5-million fund to help the victims.
However, many have been criticising the fund, which is intended to provide survivors left with nothing.
Many users have decided to compare the £5 million Grenfell fund with the £369-million expected to be spent on a refurbishment of Buckingham Palace, over a 10-year period.
Grief turning to anger even on the wall of messages. One reads ‘£400m…for Buckingham Palace but no money for poor people’s fire alarms’ pic.twitter.com/ykV2y4Q8ic
— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) June 16, 2017
Theresa May spending priorities part 2:#Grenfell victims rehousing fund: £5m
Buckingham Palace refurbishment: £369mhttps://t.co/fByf6lh0Ah— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 17, 2017
Cost of Buckingham Palace refurbishment: £369m
Fund allocated to the hundreds of survivors of #GrenfellTower: £5m#JusticeForGrenfell— Captain Haggerty (@AngelaHaggerty) June 16, 2017
Buckingham Palace has 240 bedrooms.
Grenfell Tower had 120 flats.
One has £370million refit & the other couldn’t get alarms or sprinklers
— I, R & P. (@IRP1916) June 16, 2017
We can afford £370 million to refurb Buckingham Palace but we can’t afford £5,000 for fire resistant cladding or £200,000 for sprinklers. 😒
— Corbyn for PM. ✌ (@thisisamy_) June 16, 2017
Back in November, it was confirmed that the Palace would be given the expensive facelift, which would come from a 66% increase in the Sovereign Grant – the funding for the monarchy and their official duties.
Members of the public were not impressed with the news and set up a petition stating that the Royal Family should foot the bill themselves.
The Queen and Prince William visited victims of the fire on Friday, fuelling further criticism of PM Theresa May’s response to the disaster.
I’m no royalist but admire how the queen has no qualms about rolling her sleeves up and meeting the poor people affected. Take note Theresa!
— Tom Cantwell (@tombo_82) June 16, 2017
Tobias Ellwood said that Theresa May didn’t meet victims because of “safety concerns” but today a 91 year old Queen Elizabeth is braving it.
— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) June 16, 2017
Theresa May : “I couldn’t speak to residents of Grenfell Tower because of security concerns”
The Queen : “Hold my crown…” https://t.co/dCyLo55G8a— Adam🏳️🌈🎮 (@thegaymeradam) June 16, 2017
It should also be pointed out that the refurbishment of the Palace of Westminster has an estimated cost of £3.5 to £3.9 million, and is likely to take around six years to complete.
It is true that the amounts of money differ hugely, but it must be pointed out that both are intended for hugely different purposes over different time frames.
People should also consider the diabolical treasonous activities of the MOD and FCO spending billions on training terrorists and handing control of our military to the EU along with DFID and the foreign aid budget. Oh and the billions the UK govt of occupation gives to the E. Last but not least the billions given to the gobshite liars and collaborators at the kiddy fiddling BBC..
Compared to that lot Queenie’s pad comes in cheap.
Yet Lizzie “the silent monarch” may still have a chance to redeem herself in the public eye. As head of the armed forces she might give our military the order to arrest and charge every collaborating traitor and criminal in parliament, the civil service, intelligence services and media.
Should we hold our breath ?
Beautifully said.
Peace to you.