Royal Family granted new right of secrecy

[spring hall convert]

Seriously?

And why try and hide it in a bill entitled "opening up public bodies to public scrutiny."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ily-granted-new-right-of-secrecy-2179148.html

Scandalous.

 

[Don Quixote]

Ridiculous

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Disgraceful, and yet unsurprising

 

[8ace]

Rushed through because of pending Elm Guest House revelations

 

[Quinney]

Rushed through because of pending Elm Guest House revelations

It does make you think.

 

[Rod Marsh]

Bothered by this. Not in the slightest. Why everything the royal family do should be in the public domain I have no idea.

 

[Worthingite]

Bothered by this. Not in the slightest. Why everything the royal family do should be in the public domain I have no idea.

Because no one should be above the law?

 

[DNB_Seagull]

Wow! Wtf!

 

[Husty]

Why everything the royal family do should be in the public domain I have no idea.

Err, because they're the royal family, perhaps?

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Bothered by this. Not in the slightest. Why everything the royal family do should be in the public domain I have no idea.

Because they live off our money & the Queen is our head of state. It's not that difficult to understand why people have a right to know

 

[Hillian1]

Bothered by this. Not in the slightest. Why everything the royal family do should be in the public domain I have no idea.

You should be bothered by this.

I am very much a Royalist myself, but the timing of this is worrying.

If they have nothing to hide, why hide.

 

[Rod Marsh]

I've read the cost of the royal family is 53p per person in the uk per year. A bargain if you think of they money they generate through tourism. Plus the good causes they promote.
I'm struggling to understand what prince William is doing next Tuesday or if prince Charles is lobbying parliament should be in the public domain. As future king I don't have a problem with that.

 

[Rod Marsh]

I've read the cost of the royal family is 53p per person in the uk per year. A bargain if you think of they money they generate through tourism. Plus the good causes they promote.
I'm struggling to understand what prince William is doing next Tuesday or if prince Charles is lobbying parliament should be in the public domain. As future king I don't have a problem with that.

I'm not prince Charles by the way. :0)

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Bloody Lizards

 

[rogersix]

awfully unpatriotic, they have had shame bred out of them

 

[clippedgull]

I've read the cost of the royal family is 53p per person in the uk per year. A bargain if you think of they money they generate through tourism. Plus the good causes they promote.
I'm struggling to understand what prince William is doing next Tuesday or if prince Charles is lobbying parliament should be in the public domain. As future king I don't have a problem with that.

I'd rather the '53p' per person was spent on cutting NHS waiting times. If the monarchy was abolished tomorrow the tourists would still come!

 

[thejackal]

I am very much a Royalist myself, but the timing of this is worrying.

That article's three and a half years old

 

[spring hall convert]

That article's three and a half years old

My mistake! Whoops..

 

[rogersix]

I've read the cost of the royal family is 53p per person in the uk per year. A bargain if you think of they money they generate through tourism. Plus the good causes they promote.
I'm struggling to understand what prince William is doing next Tuesday or if prince Charles is lobbying parliament should be in the public domain. As future king I don't have a problem with that.

point by point; surely with their multi millions they could work out how to raise a very agreeable income, its still to much for idlers. they are nominal leaders with a poor work ethic setting a bad example! the french tourist industry is just fine. pls inform me of the good causes? we pay for our government and our royals, so it has to be in our interest to know what goes on. lots of people do have concerns because of the secrecy.

one thing i've always wondered, why does charly wear a little naval outfit? i thought he got drummed out of the paras

 

[Dan Aitch]

I've read the cost of the royal family is 53p per person in the uk per year. A bargain if you think of they money they generate through tourism.

It's just them generating it, is it? People don't come to the UK to see other things like the buildings, or the countryside or all manner of other attractions?

This "look at the tourism they generate" argument is a load of old bollox. If the royal family was disbanded tomorrow we'd still have tourism, we'd still have visitors and they'd still spend money. How many tourists actually see the royal family? Probably a tiny fraction of a percentage.

Ditch the royals, or make them fund themselves via 'meet and greets' - then we can say that they're generating money. Otherwise I'm not convinced in the slightest. Far-kem.