Big Ben repairs three times over budget

[wolfpavek1]

The very quiet opening of big Ben was on a documentary last night with an over budget from 20million to 88billion for a clock tower 

That's unbelievable who's in charge of the budget to be out to such an extent.

 

[Talorgan]

1 minute ago, wolfpavek1 said:

The very quiet opening of big Ben was on a documentary last night with an over budget from 20million to 88billion for a clock tower 

That's unbelievable who's in charge of the budget to be out to such an extent.

 

It's out of tune as well, it's cracked.

[Anti Facts Sir]

Look, these repairs take time.

 

[Macnamara]

freemasons have got to get richer than you somehow and raiding the public purse means they don't have to work for a living

[Morpheus]

2 hours ago, Anti Facts Sir said:

Look, these repairs take time.

 

Listen, stop running down the clock and give us a proper timeframe will you. 

[Mikhail Liebestein]

It was the Manga Style Mecca upgrades, see the video below:

 

 

[jack121]

 

Never ceases to me amaze me how they are so totally utterly carefree when it coms to spending taxpayers money. Like when BJ gave bill gates 7 billlion quid for gates' " help " with the pandemic, BJ and all previous government's giving never-ending bank bailouts, the royals constant demand for champagne, caviar and luxuriuous expensive holidays

When will it end

 

 

[Truthblast]

12 hours ago, jack121 said:

 

When will it end

 

 

 

When the fat lady sings...

 

 

[wolfpavek1]

omg i thought it was DIVINE reincarnated

[Anti Facts Sir]

39 minutes ago, Truthblast said:

 

When the fat lady sings...

 

 

Reminds me of that Kenny Everett send-up of Do You Think I'm Sexy.

 

Except she's not inflatable.

[ONoland]

The government will repair Big Ben for any money as this clock is a very attractive object for tourists.

[Grumpy Owl]

On 12/12/2022 at 7:02 PM, wolfpavek1 said:

The very quiet opening of big Ben was on a documentary last night with an over budget from 20million to 88billion for a clock tower 

That's unbelievable who's in charge of the budget to be out to such an extent.

 

 

Could it be... Common Purpose?

 

How much does it actually cost to fix an old clock such as this?

 

The 'actual work' itself may have only cost around half to a million pounds lets say.

 

The rest gets siphoned off to 'contractors', and then of course all the project managers and 'consultants' that have to get involved.

 

The problem is that many people don't bat an eyelid when it comes to such eye-watering sums of money that are being spent on restoring such things, or even on building and constructing new ones. "Oh that's how much these things cost nowadays".

 

The restoration of Big Ben would have been a great episode of the BBC's "The Repair Shop" though...

 

 

[Saved]

Fred Dibnha would have fixed the whole thing for £50 tops if this was the 1970s. I see rip-offs everywhere I go. Thousands and tens of thousands of cones put out for the night with perhaps a JCB dropped off. It will sit there for weeks on end and then the cones will be picked up to be put somewhere else. Occasionally, a hole is dug or a small strip of road is made new, but nothing to justify a month of traffic chaos.

[Observations]

On 12/30/2022 at 2:02 PM, Saved said:

Fred Dibnha would have fixed the whole thing for £50 tops if this was the 1970s.

 

What a man. RIP 2004. Still enjoy his programmes. Would have loved to hear his take on the above. No wonder they have to silence the old and wiser, with a MBE or dementia!  

 

On 12/30/2022 at 2:02 PM, Saved said:

Occasionally, a hole is dug or a small strip of road is made new, but nothing to justify a month of traffic chaos.

 

Yes, anything to make driving uncomfortable. Even the traffic lights hold up the flow. Is it Germany or Denmark that has areas with no traffic lights. It's often better without. 

 

I've seen so many cases of money siphoned off. Can't let the public get the benefit. 

 

Regardless of that, happy new year Saved.