cholo 1:10 Wed Sep 17
A £10 charge for viewing London nye fireworks this year
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Cheers Boris!
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/visitors-will-be-charged-10-to-see-londons-new-years-eve-fireworks-display-9737174.html
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normannomates
10:38 Wed Sep 17
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Went there about 3 yrs ago..never again..sheer numbers is ridiculous..lot of bods losing their rag in the race for the tube after. Crushes..no pub access..load of old shite. Bird at the time was a northerner. Her bright idea, being the northern twat she is.
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BillyBondsBirthday
10:31 Wed Sep 17
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Tickets going on sale next week. No doubt they will send out in minutes and start appearing on Ebay for £25 soon after.
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SnarestoneIron
10:28 Wed Sep 17
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, 9:13 Wed Sep 17
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I think you are missing the point. You are paying for it one way or the other...if they don't charge, the money has to come from somewhere, I.e your taxes. So, hundreds of thousands of Londoners who don't want to go have had to pay through their taxes since the Millennium. They are the ones that should be outraged!
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Leigh Jim
10:08 Wed Sep 17
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doris?
good lord
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13 Brentford Rd
9:29 Wed Sep 17
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"What cos they are making you pay for a NYE fireworks display that has only been running sine the bloody millenium?"
The NYE have been going a lot longer than that, Eggbert!
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mashed in maryland
9:28 Wed Sep 17
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Comma I hate Boris, I think his entire political popularity is based on an act.
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violator
9:28 Wed Sep 17
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Been to kassiopi about a dozen times, was there in July again
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HenryMc
9:21 Wed Sep 17
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Good. Trying to go anywhere in London on New Years Eve is a nightmare thanks to all the people getting there several hours early to watch fireworks.
Fireworks, which they could launch at home. Or see on Guyfawkes night. It is not as if the London fireworks are the only fireworks display in the UK.
Also, some of the comments are ridiculous on the standard website!
"Midori Yamane, 28, a flight attendant from Kingston, said: “I wouldnt pay £10 because you can just watch it on television. I wanted to watch the firework display this year for the first time but for £10 and travelling from Kingston seems too expensive unless the ticket includes free drinks.”
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,
9:18 Wed Sep 17
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mim, too many tourists cluttering up London. London loves tourists the more the better.
I have no objection to a firework display charging that is funded by money through the gate or from corporate donations. I just don't agree with taxpayers having to pay for something that they are subsidising.
One day all the Doris lovers are going to wake up and realise what a buffoon they are in thrall to.
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,
9:13 Wed Sep 17
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Snares, are you willfully missing my point?
If taxpayers are funding it they should be able to see it for free. If you want to make it ticket only in order to "control" it then the tickets should be free or nominal.
Why should London firework display be such that the privileged get to see it and others [ like man, wife and two kids who cannot afford £40 miss out ] who are part of the metropolis miss out?
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mashed in maryland
9:10 Wed Sep 17
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I make him right.
Too many tourists cluttering up London.
Make some (more) money out of 'em.
Good job Boris.
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13 Brentford Rd
9:03 Wed Sep 17
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The good thing about them and the thing that makes it worthwhile is it's free, no planning, no pre ticket purchase (+ booking fee) no expectations, just turn up on the night if it suits.
They are missing the point here.
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ray winstone
9:01 Wed Sep 17
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Can you IMAGINE the furore if Red Ken had done this, fucking hell, the Tories would be calling for blood, guts the fucking lot b
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White Pony
8:56 Wed Sep 17
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Look, only a fucking idiot will get outraged by this. A lot of towns hold fireworks displays that charge "admission". Those who don't want to pay usually can find a viewpoint outside of the charging zone. Or just watch the London ones on TV. Beats standing in the cold doing fuck all for hours surrounded by mong oriental tourists filming every single thing on their mobiles. Never understood why anyone goes to watch these anyway. It's for simpletons.
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SnarestoneIron
8:53 Wed Sep 17
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, 8:43 Wed Sep 17
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This way, those taxpayers that don't want to watch, don't have to pay for those that do want to watch. In addition, it means all the tourists, I.e non tax payers, have to pay to see it.
What's not logical about that?
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13 Brentford Rd
8:52 Wed Sep 17
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This is about control more than anything. Even for one big evening a year the masses must be controlled, everything must be sanitised and corporate.
Won't stop everyone anyway, plenty of space near by where people can see them.
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,
8:43 Wed Sep 17
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Organi5ed Chao5 Is it a fundamental human right for Doris to charge the taxpayers/congestion payers, who fund the display, £10 to actually go through the barriers to see it?
By all means charge for a display that is funded corporately or by admission. To charge the people by whom it is currently funded seems particularly Doris like. Still I hope that his new constituents get on with him well particularly as he wants to remove their overwhelming source of local employment to the Isle of Grain.
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FLIG
8:36 Wed Sep 17
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RW - tourist trap?
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ray winstone
8:30 Wed Sep 17
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Brucies_Star_Prize wrote...
As am I. Kassiopi to be exact.
I was there today, my first stop off, fuck me it's changed in the last 20 years. It used to have 2 bars and 2 restaurants, that was it!
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Organi5ed Chao5
8:12 Wed Sep 17
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Whats the fuss?
Its £10 if you want to see it. If you dont want to pay, watch it on TV.
Its not a fundamental human right to watch fireworks live on New Years.
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Willtell
8:08 Wed Sep 17
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Where I live in France (Villeneuve sur Lot) they have an annual firework display like I have never seen before in England. It lasts for more than 25 minutes and is free - well the town council and therefore ratepayers pay for it. It is on two bridges over the River Lot and is crammed with thousands of spectators that arrive early to see the rock bands that is also free to view.
It isn't New Year's Eve though. Bastille Day in June and last year was a double celebration as the town's charter was 750 years old. That's why France's economy is f*cked. Socialists to the core and they always get their priorities wrong....
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