| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:40 - Jan 2 with 3202 views | itfcjoe |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:37 - Jan 2 by stonojnr |
the mayors office allocates about £2.3 million pounds for the event, with the funding of ticket sales/concession stands its expected to have cost 3.2 million overall.
so if the fireworks only cost 300k (which makes sense as it lasted 11mins and Sydney does 20mins twice in an evening and it doesnt cost them millions) work out where the rest went...
it does seem ridiculous way to literally burn money as some kind of international who has got the biggest rocket contest that no-one will ever bother watching video of again |
In fairness me 2 year old loves watching the fireworks back on YouTube.... |  |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:43 - Jan 2 with 3187 views | SpruceMoose |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 11:40 - Jan 2 by Benters2 |
He’s a prize prick and should be ashamed of himself. |
We all know what you're really saying, Alf Garnett. |  |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:44 - Jan 2 with 3179 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:37 - Jan 2 by stonojnr |
the mayors office allocates about £2.3 million pounds for the event, with the funding of ticket sales/concession stands its expected to have cost 3.2 million overall.
so if the fireworks only cost 300k (which makes sense as it lasted 11mins and Sydney does 20mins twice in an evening and it doesnt cost them millions) work out where the rest went...
it does seem ridiculous way to literally burn money as some kind of international who has got the biggest rocket contest that no-one will ever bother watching video of again |
I haven’t an issue in the slightest public funding an event such as this, my problem is the mayor sticking his nose in into things he knows nothing about. |  |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:45 - Jan 2 with 3173 views | J2BLUE |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 10:26 - Jan 2 by factual_blue |
Tickets are £10, and they sell 100,000 of them. That alone covers about half of the cost. |
100,000 from all around the UK and Europe bringing money into London as well.
I didn't even notice the EU flag thing. It's actually very clever. I'm not fan of Khan but can't really see what the fuss is about. It's hard to criticise anything that upsets Andrew Bridgen. |  |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:46 - Jan 2 with 3163 views | SpruceMoose |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:44 - Jan 2 by Lord_Lucan |
I haven’t an issue in the slightest public funding an event such as this, my problem is the mayor sticking his nose in into things he knows nothing about. |
London voted overwhelmingly to remain. He's just advocating for his citizen's interests and acting in line with their wishes as far as I can tell. | |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:48 - Jan 2 with 3153 views | SpruceMoose |
There are some contenders on this thread for the 2019 blub of the year already. | |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:07 - Jan 2 with 3117 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:46 - Jan 2 by SpruceMoose |
London voted overwhelmingly to remain. He's just advocating for his citizen's interests and acting in line with their wishes as far as I can tell. |
You are missing the point. Read my post on page one. | |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:07 - Jan 2 with 3116 views | Benters2 |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:30 - Jan 2 by SpruceMoose |
Yet it is the leftwingers who are snowflakes apparently  |
Sprucetwtd is needing a new box of wet wipes HQ ! |  | | |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:12 - Jan 2 with 3109 views | m14_blue |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 10:04 - Jan 2 by crunchie1978 |
Truely disgusting individual....choosing a time like that to make a point when there was literally people dying on HIS streets at the same time.
He's out of for his own political gain....but saying that...would another mayor...from another political party be any different. |
That seems like a balanced and proportionate response. | | | |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:14 - Jan 2 with 3103 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:48 - Jan 2 by SpruceMoose |
There are some contenders on this thread for the 2019 blub of the year already. |
Can i have a go please...........................Actually, no.
I watched the display on TV after returning from a NYE party. The fireworks were splendid, brought pleasure to countless people, many businesses benefitted greatly from the extra revenue and in the grand scheme of things it wasn,t overly expensive.
I couldn,t care who the Mayor of London is either, but whoever it may be at any given time, jolly good show every year.
On another note, we were in Hue, Vietnam a couple of years ago during Tet, their New Year. The government had withdrawn funding for the annual fireworks at the time because of rebuilding roads and some infrastructure due to severe flooding the previous Autumn. The local populace were not impressed at all. Communism, hey!  |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:22 - Jan 2 with 3075 views | footers |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:14 - Jan 2 by StochesStotasBlewe |
Can i have a go please...........................Actually, no.
I watched the display on TV after returning from a NYE party. The fireworks were splendid, brought pleasure to countless people, many businesses benefitted greatly from the extra revenue and in the grand scheme of things it wasn,t overly expensive.
I couldn,t care who the Mayor of London is either, but whoever it may be at any given time, jolly good show every year.
On another note, we were in Hue, Vietnam a couple of years ago during Tet, their New Year. The government had withdrawn funding for the annual fireworks at the time because of rebuilding roads and some infrastructure due to severe flooding the previous Autumn. The local populace were not impressed at all. Communism, hey! |
Exactly, a few million for a display enjoyed by countless people is a drop in the ocean compared to, say, the ~£2bn a month we've been hemorrhaging since the Leave vote...
But going down there is an absolute nightmare. Went once, never again. |  |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:31 - Jan 2 with 3051 views | SpruceMoose |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 13:46 - Jan 2 by SpruceMoose |
London voted overwhelmingly to remain. He's just advocating for his citizen's interests and acting in line with their wishes as far as I can tell. |
I do not disagree with you that one should always defer to the experts in most matters. Especially those which involve plentiful explosions.
However, the quality of the firework display is not what has got the usual suspects spitting feathers! | |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:36 - Jan 2 with 3030 views | LeagueOne |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 09:42 - Jan 2 by BullardsMagicMullet |
What a waste of money.
Couldn't the money be used for better purposes like helping the homeless or fighting knife crime and moped muggings? |
That's exactly what he would have said had Boris been Mayor and went OTT on the British stuff post Brexit. But because it was done by someone from Labour it's okay.
Classic red vs. blue pointless non politics.
Meanwhile in the real world.... "trollin' da gamon like' yeah well good init"
Grow up. |  |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:41 - Jan 2 with 3021 views | SpruceMoose |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:07 - Jan 2 by Benters2 |
Sprucetwtd is needing a new box of wet wipes HQ ! |
You're the one with wet eyes matey! | |
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country." | | Poll: | Selectamod |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:46 - Jan 2 with 3011 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:22 - Jan 2 by footers |
Exactly, a few million for a display enjoyed by countless people is a drop in the ocean compared to, say, the ~£2bn a month we've been hemorrhaging since the Leave vote...
But going down there is an absolute nightmare. Went once, never again. |
Mrs Pinewood went a few years back.
She said exactly the same.....plus a round of 7 drinks in a hotel near Trafalgar Square came to over £90. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:50 - Jan 2 with 3001 views | footers |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:46 - Jan 2 by StochesStotasBlewe |
Mrs Pinewood went a few years back.
She said exactly the same.....plus a round of 7 drinks in a hotel near Trafalgar Square came to over £90. |
You know the problem with expensive rounds like that is you need another drink to get over the shock!
When you off to Asia, buh? Getting out of here this month would be luvly! | |
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| Hats off to Sadiq on 15:00 - Jan 2 with 2980 views | tcblue |
Guys, I just heard the Gregg's vegan sausage rolls are Halal | | | |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 15:10 - Jan 2 with 2963 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Hats off to Sadiq on 14:50 - Jan 2 by footers |
You know the problem with expensive rounds like that is you need another drink to get over the shock!
When you off to Asia, buh? Getting out of here this month would be luvly! |
Looking to go in November. Thanks to you lot here, we have decided to go independently, just looking at flights now as it happens. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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