Champion Rabbit wrote:

Gramsci wrote:
...and if the UK wasn't the second most unequal Western Country on Earth

Oh.

Gramsci wrote:Personally I think it's a little sick that Charles runs around with his feel-good charity when his profits from Duchy Originals was up £35 million last year alone.

Duchy Originals wrote:All profits generated from the sale of Duchy Originals products are donated to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.

Champion Rabbit wrote:

Gramsci wrote:Personally I think it's a little sick that Charles runs around with his feel-good charity when his profits from Duchy Originals was up £35 million last year alone.

Duchy Originals wrote:All profits generated from the sale of Duchy Originals products are donated to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.

http://www.duchyoriginals.com/duchy_charity.htm

The Prince of Wales's private income rose by 11% last year to more than £13m, according to figures published today in the annual review of his finances and official activities.

The Clarence House review also revealed that the prince had received government grants of £2,688,000 for official travel, communications and property maintenance, costing each taxpayer 4p a year.

Prince Charles received £13,274,000 from the Duchy of Cornwall compared with £11,913,000 in 2003-04. The increase was attributed mainly to rising income from commercial properties.

Gramsci wrote:

Champion Rabbit wrote:

Gramsci wrote:
The concert is costing at the least £20 million -that $40 million- to put it on just in London. There ain't gunna be dime left over for charrideee

BBC wrote:The text contest raised £3m - about half of which will go to the Prince's Trust with the rest covering the cost of staging the concerts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen ... 084922.stm

That's not what it said in The Guardian.

Rodabod wrote:
Is this what you meant then?

Get your facts right.

Most of the 150,000 main crowd, it is predicted, will end up watching the event on the big screens. The area in front of the stage has been reserved for 15,000 "gold circle" ticket holders. While some of these will be drawn from those who entered the text message lottery for tickets, most will be taken up by corporate hospitality. Companies have paid up to £799 per person, plus VAT, to impress clients at the event, with the proceeds going towards the estimated £20m cost of staging the global event.

The BBC, which will devote hours of its television and radio schedules to the event, has faced controversy over the fact that its big-name presenters will be paid to appear. Jonathan Ross, who will present from Hyde Park in a glass pod over the stage, is believed to be getting £50,000, forcing his agent to announce that he was giving the money to Comic Relief.

Rodabod wrote:"proceeds going towards the estimated £20m cost of staging the global event."

Does that not refer to the "global event", ie. the whole of Live 8? We (you) referred specifically to London.

Rodabod wrote:That's cool. I actually think that Geldof is a greasy haired tramp, but then I don't actually know the guy.