Comment on King’s estate to transfer £100m into ethical funds after bona vacantia revelations
abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoThere are 8 current dukedoms …wikipedia.org/…/Royal_dukedoms_in_the_United_Kin…
And about 3 times that many historical dukedoms. So 2 of 8 is a small number 2 of 28 an even smaller number.
By eyeball the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancashire are less than 5% of the land mass of the United Kingdom and maybe 10% of the population tops, so “only” meaning a small portion would be fair.
Having said that, from context I think you’re inferring the wrong meaning of “only” - I would read that as singling out the two impacted areas (regardless of comparative size). In other words "of all the UK specifically (only) these two areas are affected.
I’m not OP so could be wrong of course. Often am.
Syldon@feddit.uk 1 year ago
One is too many imo. They milk the country for enough money as it is.
abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
No one is suggesting it’s a good thing, but trying to make out a correction on the scope of the problem (UK vs a subset) is an attempt to justify it, is an emotional overreaction or an attempt to pick an argument where none exists. Cool your jets son.
Syldon@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Sorry? I don’t think I made any claims over area.