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Banksy works cost public almost £150,000 (www.bbc.com)

submitted 5 days ago by daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] Tweak@feddit.uk 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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, total £85k.
For the flag guy the government spent £60k on fencing and security.
Total overall is £145k. The BBC rounded this up even though it's literally the same character count, which further points to their sensationalism.

£95k of their "£150k" 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, especially in response to the activists criticising the government.

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 8 points 5 days 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.