Just plain wrong
Posted on Jun 27 2008 | Tagged as: Bad reporting
The Queen, better value than an iPod download
The Queen and the royal family cost each taxpayer 66p a year, an increase of 4p from 2007, Buckingham Palace accountants said today.
The accounts showed the cost of keeping the monarchy in the year to March 31 rose by £2m to £40m. Officials said this was 3.1% lower in real terms than in 2001.
The per person expenditure each year was said to be just under the cost of two pints of milk and or an iPod download.
Cheaper, yes. But not necessarily better value.
5 Comments »
on 27 Jun 2008 at 1:31 pm 1 dan said …
I’m happy to pay 66p a year for the royals. Peanuts really.
on 27 Jun 2008 at 1:54 pm 2 Christopher White said …
I’m not (on principle and not because I’m cheap). But that’s not the point, which was that cheaper doesn’t equate to better value. One Queen at 66p is obviously cheaper than a two-Queens-for-a-quid special offer, but the latter is better value.
on 27 Jun 2008 at 2:29 pm 3 dan said …
Where is this two-Queens-for-a-quid special offer? The British public deserve the choice.
on 27 Jun 2008 at 2:36 pm 4 Christopher White said …
Somewhere in Soho I should expect.
on 27 Jun 2008 at 4:41 pm 5 dan said …
Excellent.