Captain Haddock wrote:London welfare benefits was £36 billion in 2012.
UK defence budget is £35bn.
Pocket money when you take this into account:
The Times UK Rich List 2017 reported that 'the wealthiest 1,000 individuals and families have a record total wealth of £658bn, up 14 per cent on last year's figure of £575bn.'
What's more, 'The 20 richest alone are worth £191.765bn and have increased their cumulative wealth by £35.175bn in the past year.'
There are now 'a record 134 billionaires on the list, 14 more than were recorded in the 2016 edition.'
Some examples:
Siblings David and Simon Reuben, £14bn (a £900m increase in the past 12 months)
Lakshmi Mittal, £13.229bn (a £6bn increase in the past 12 months)
Roman Abramovich, £8.053bn (an increase of £1.653bn)
The Duke of Westminster, £9.52bn (an increase of 170m)
FACTS, Dear boy, give me FACTS.
It would seem that some have had a pretty jolly time under 'austerity'. And there was me thinking that 'redistribution of wealth' was a socialist idea.
As someone famously once asked, 'Do you see what they're up to yet?'
