Comment on Banksy works cost public almost £150,000
Tweak@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Seeing as the BBC is basically trying to sensationalise this, I’ll break down the figures.
- First, it’s across two works, not just the protestor one but the statue with the guy marching holding a flag that’s blowing in his face.
- For the judge & protestor the government spent £50k trying to remove it, and £35k in overtime and securtity.
- For the flag guy the government spent £60k on fencing and security.
£95k of their “£150k” (actually £145k, I can only assume they rounded up to sensationalise as it’s literally the same character count) was spent on security, which no one and nothing called for. £50k on cleaning is also crazy, even for a listed building.
The government’s careless spending should not be blamed on activists criticising them.
purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 1 week ago
35k for trying to hide a small section of wall is crazy. I feel that someone is pocketing money there. Might have been cheaper for them to just charge entrance to see it.