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King’s estate to transfer £100m into ethical funds after bona vacantia revelations
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2023
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As per article only in Lancashire and Cornwall. The rest of the UK goes to treasury/exchequer
And you find this ok because?
Not the original commenter, but it think they're not okay with it, just clarifying the situation...
What on earth makes you think I'm OK with it ?
The adjective infers that the area affected is significantly small.
There are 8 current dukedoms https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_dukedoms_in_the_United_Kingdom
And about 3 times that many historical dukedoms. So 2 of 8 is a small number 2 of 28 an even smaller number.
By eyeball the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancashire are less than 5% of the land mass of the United Kingdom and maybe 10% of the population tops, so "only" meaning a small portion would be fair.
Having said that, from context I think you're inferring the wrong meaning of "only" - I would read that as singling out the two impacted areas (regardless of comparative size). In other words "of all the UK specifically (only) these two areas are affected.
I'm not OP so could be wrong of course. Often am.
One is too many imo. They milk the country for enough money as it is.
No one is suggesting it's a good thing, but trying to make out a correction on the scope of the problem (UK vs a subset) is an attempt to justify it, is an emotional overreaction or an attempt to pick an argument where none exists. Cool your jets son.
Sorry? I don't think I made any claims over area.