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Shouty personI made a petition calling on the Duchies of Lancister and Cornwall (i.e. Charles and William) to stop charging so much rent to public services and non-profits. But the petition has stalled, presumably because Parliament can't tell them how much rent to charge. So now I've made a new petition: Charge tax on rental income earned by the Duchies of Lancaster and CornwallIt needs 5 sponsors to sign it before it goes live. Will you sign?<a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702423/sponsors/new?token=DPysPxEt7TgQpwcL5WpA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702423/sponsors/new?token=DPysPxEt7TgQpwcL5WpA</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#c4</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotMyKing</a>

Shouty personI’ve made a petition. But it needs 5 signatures before it goes live. Will you sign it? My petition: Rent cap on properties owned by the Duchies of Lancaster and CornwallRemoving the link for now as it’s had its five supporters and it’s gone into review phase. Once it’s live, I’ll reshare. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#c4</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotMyKing</a>

Shouty personI’m putting together a petition. They don’t usually achieve much. But I feel like I have to do something. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#c4</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotMyKing</a>

Shouty personThe UK government is cracking down on private rental homes that don’t comply with minimum standards. You’re not going to believe this, but the royals are some of the worst offenders. Shocking.They’re literally slumlords!<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#c4</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotMyKing</a>

Shouty personWhile the royals bang on about the environment, they’re: A. Charging rents to wind farms; B. Causing environmental damage for the sale of a few quid; and C. Profiting of the mining industry.<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#c4</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotMyKing</a>

Shouty personNow, <a href="https://xtaldave.net/@xtaldave" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@xtaldave</a> has just said that when the royals say they ‘support’ these charities, they likely don’t mean financial support. They give their time in encouraging other people to give money to charity … which the royals then claim back in rent. Is that better or worse than money laundering? I’m not sure. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/C4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C4</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a>

Shouty person‘Oh, but the royals support charities.’Guess what. The very same charities the royals support … ARE PAYING THE ROYALS MILLIONS OF POUNDS IN RENT. That’s basically the definition of money laundering. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/C4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C4</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a>

Shouty personSchools, NHS, fire brigades … all sorts of organisations are paying thousands and even millions of pounds a year in rent. And the Duchy of Lancaster is exempt from tax. An author, whose name I missed, suggested that the royals wouldn’t even need to sell those lands. They could just charge a peppercorn rent. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/C4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C4</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a>

Shouty personI was a royalist a few years ago. That began to change when Liz paid off Andrew’s settlement. When Chuck didn’t pay for his own coronation during a cost of crisis, I was over it. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/C4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C4</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a>

Shouty personAll right. We’re watching the <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/C4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C4</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a> on The King, The Prince, and Their Secret Millions. Honestly, screw those guys.

Filipi Limi<a href="https://masto.lema.org/@santiago" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@santiago</a> here's a very interesting take on the same matter. hint: there's more than one way to measure poverty and China's is actually stricter than the US'<a href="https://inv.zzls.xyz/watch?v=ZuBCr_15BIk&local=true&listen=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inv.zzls.xyz/watch?v=ZuBCr_15BIk&local=true&listen=1</a><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/raniakhalek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raniakhalek</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a>

SomersetWhovian 🇺🇦💙Amidst all the comment and furore over the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a> investigation into <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RussellBrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussellBrand</a>, this is one of the best articles I've read. The closing paragraph in particular is spot-on:"An establishment out to bring him down? Now there’s a joke. Save your righteous anger, if you have it, for the establishments both old and new, that for so long raised him up."<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/18/russell-brand-comedian-mainstream-populist-right?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/18/russell-brand-comedian-mainstream-populist-right?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a>

TheBossRossForgive me, but I won't comment on Russell Brand and the allegations in yesterday's Channel 4 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a>. The journalism & research seem solid so surely this is now a case for the police to investigate and, if true, corroborate.

Shaun SeymourHaving just watched <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dispatches</a> on channel 4, showing the mistreatment of people with autism I am seething. What is wrong with these so called care staff?

RobertFredeKenterPandemic Dispatches <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/IceFloePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IceFloePress</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/InternationalWomensDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternationalWomensDay</a> 2 <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/performative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#performative</a> works <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/roles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#roles</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/grief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grief</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Joy</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> (c) Frances Klein - Rain God, Cathy Daley -- Untitled painting. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/juxtaposed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#juxtaposed</a> Another glimpse at the press I run -- hundreds of features and we sell book as well. I curated this gathering for our <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pandemic</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a> series. <a href="https://icefloepress.net/rain-god-a-prose-poem-by-frances-klein-w-a-painting-by-cathy-daley/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://icefloepress.net/rain-god-a-prose-poem-by-frances-klein-w-a-painting-by-cathy-daley/</a>

Nick Lloydjust watching C4 Dispatches 'Cops in Crisis'. testimony from one woman in particular who managed a Child Protection Unit really struck home. talking about t/stresses of overwork & staffing shortages +how one day her breakdown manifested. a sudden & unexpected flow of tears & then a complete shut down. that's exactly how it was for me. like her, a long period off work was just a precursor to an early MH based retirement. p.s. I wasn't a cop.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopsInCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CopsInCrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dispatches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Channel4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Channel4</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a>

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