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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Or at least the PM did up to the time of Margaret Thatcher -- the article I found is rather old.

Isn't 10 Downing Street, the home of the British PM, kind of a dump?

Dreadful!

--Baloo

P.S.: Is it still a dump or have they remodelled it since Maggie departed?

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[This message has been edited by Baloo (edited November 11, 1999).]

Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

*SMITE!*

The home of the First Lord of the Treasury is as fine an official residence as they come!
At least he doesn't live in a silly whitewashed mansion . 8P

*wraps himself in Union Jack*

*asphyxiates*

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

You'll have to smite harder than that to get through all the fur.

I've noticed that the Queen seems to live in a rather nice abode. Of course, if we made the presidency an underpaid job with poor housing, it might attract fewer opportunists and more people who really wanted to get the job done right.

If we could do that with congress, it would work wonders. Of course, since they vote their own pay raises and so forth, I don't know if we could work it. Perhaps if we pushed for an amendment that made the states that elected them responsible for their upkeep? This would certainly make them a bit more responsive to the folks back home. Of course, getting it to pass would be a bit problematic.

--Baloo

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Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

Well that's just prime.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Really? I'd have said "That's just Primal" myself.

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

$36,000 per annum? That can't be right, I'm sure it's gone up. *I* make more than that!

Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

The PM currently earns about �100,000 a year, FYI.

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

He's got the whole street for himself for chrissakes! (for obvious reasons, I must admit, but still..)